Pale yellow dune moth (Copablepharon grandis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Copablepharon grandisis not protected in any jurisdiction in North America and is currently listed as “not assessed” (GNR) by NatureServe (2006). Populations at Wainwright (Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve), Suffern Lake Regional Park, and Spirit Dunes (Spruce Woods Provincial Park) occur in protected areas. Two sparsely vegetated plant communities in which C. grandis occurs are ranked by Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre: 1) sand grass–sand dropseed–hay sedge herbaceous vegetation and 2) creeping juniper / sand grass–sun-loving sedge dwarf shrubland. Both are ranked as imperiled/vulnerable (S2S3).

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