Inventory of the Lepidoptera of the Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve

Title: Inventory of the Lepidoptera of the Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve

Goals: 1. Compile an inventory of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)of the Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, including adult flight periods and larval host plants, if possible
2. Prepare a synoptic collection of the Lepidoptera to be housed in the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis.
3. Compare the inventory with Lepidoptera surveys from other sites.

Outline of Proposed Research: Collections will be made primarily at night using a portable blacklight to illuminate a sheet suspended from a rope to attract nocturnal species. Up to two night time visits per month will be made. Additional daytime collections and visual surveys may be made to complement the night time collections. Any immatures that are collected will be taken to Davis with a small amount of host plant material to attempt rearing them to adults. Adult specimens will be examined and identified, with representatives of the species pinned, spread and labeled and deposited in a synoptic collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. Some specimens will be loaned or gifted to specialists for help with identification or other legitimate research purposes. Collection data will be submitted annually to the reserve manager and associated personnel, to the California data base of Lepidoptera, to the Lepidopterists' Society, and to other lepidopterists. As many as two graduate or undergraduate students and two non-University volunteers may accompany the P.I. on some visits. Visits cannot be scheduled in advance due to the chance of unfavorable weather conditions. The research group will report each visit by logging in at the reserve entry gate.

NOTE: No protect Lepidoptera species are known or suspected to occur in the Reserve. If any are detected, they will not be collected.

标题：斯蒂宾斯冷峡谷保护区鳞翅目（Lepidoptera）名录

研究目标：
1. 编制斯蒂宾斯冷峡谷保护区的鳞翅目（蛾类与蝶类）名录，尽可能收录成虫发生期与幼虫寄主植物信息；
2. 构建一套鳞翅目系统标本馆藏，将存放于加州大学戴维斯分校波哈特昆虫学博物馆（Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis）；
3. 将本名录与其他调查点的鳞翅目调查结果进行对比分析。

拟研究方案概述：
本调查主要于夜间开展，使用便携式黑光灯照射悬挂于绳索的诱虫幕布，以诱集夜行性鳞翅目物种。每月最多开展2次夜间调查。可辅以日间采集与目视调查，以补充夜间采集成果。若采集到幼虫，将连同少量寄主植物材料一同带回戴维斯校区，尝试将其饲养至成虫阶段。将对成虫标本进行检视与鉴定，选取代表性物种制作针插、展翅标本并标注标签，最终馆藏于加州大学戴维斯分校波哈特昆虫学博物馆的系统标本库中。部分标本将出借或赠予相关专家，以协助物种鉴定或其他合法研究工作。采集数据将每年提交给保护区管理员及相关人员、加州鳞翅目数据库、鳞翅目学家学会以及其他鳞翅目研究者。本研究可由至多2名研究生或本科生，以及2名非高校志愿者陪同首席研究员（Principal Investigator, P.I.）参与部分调查工作。由于存在遭遇恶劣天气的可能，无法提前规划调查行程。研究团队需在保护区入口闸机签到，以记录每次调查活动。

注意事项：
目前该保护区内尚未发现或疑似存在受保护的鳞翅目物种。若后续检测到此类物种，将不会进行采集。