Five Acres of Moths

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BACKYARD 1 — BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA
at 9601 Oak Pass Rd. (1938—1957)
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, in the E. SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS

1A – Growing Up Wild in the ELFIN FOREST (1938–1957)
1B – BACKPORCH MOTH COLLECTION (1953–1957)
1C – HABITAT PHOTOS (1957–1964)

Historical Macro-Moth Study (1953-1957)

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Seasonal Charts

THE chart below is not intended to imply anything about the abundance of these moths anywhere else! ...

NUMBERS of Macro-Moth Species by MONTH, 9601 Oak Pass Rd. (1938 - 1957)
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, in the E. SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS

Seasonal Macro-Moth Species Occurrence by MONTH (click on a month below to see raw data for the graph above)
MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB

108 species reported in mar

# MONA # mar Family Genus species
7
 8181 002 ARC Notarctia proxima
8
 8135 222 ARC Spilosoma vestalis
10
 6774 222 GEO Aethaloida packardaria
11
 6575a 222 GEO Anacamptodes clivinaria
12
 6585 222 GEO Anacamptodes fragilaria
13
 6577 222 GEO Anacamptodes obliquaria
15
 7295 222 GEO Archirhoe neomexicana
16
 7067 222 GEO Cheteoscelis faseolaria
20
 7135 222 GEO Cyclophora dataria
24
 6689 222 GEO Drepanulatrix falcataria
25
 6683 222 GEO Drepanulatrix hulstii
26
 6692 222 GEO Drepanulatrix monicaria
27
 6685 222 GEO Drepanulatrix quadraria
28
 6682 222 GEO Drepanulatrix unicalcararia
30
 7395 333 GEO Epirrhoe plebeculata
33
 7512 333 GEO Eupithecia macdunnoughi
35
 7476a 222 GEO Eupithecia misturata
36
 7601 222 GEO Eupithecia nevadata
37
 7496 333 GEO Eupithecia rotundopuncta
39
 7588 333 GEO Eupithecia shirleyata
42
 6493 222 GEO Glaucina epiphysaria
46
 7232 333 GEO Hydriomena edenata
47
 7276 200 GEO Hydriomena nubilofasciata
48
 7102 222 GEO Idaea bonifata
50
 6298 002 GEO Itame extemporata
54
 6669 333 GEO Lomographa elsinora
55
 7606 333 GEO Nasusina (?)inferior
56
 7607 333 GEO Nasusina vaporata
57
 7035a 333 GEO Nemoria darwiniata
58
 7041 222 GEO Nemoria leptalea
64
 6758 333 GEO Pero macdunnoughi
65
 6749 222 GEO Pero radiosaria
66
 6952 333 GEO Pherne subpunctata
67
 6661 222 GEO Phigalia plumogeraria
68
 6922 222 GEO Plataea personaria
69
 6981 333 GEO Prochoerodes forficaria
75
 6328 333 GEO Semiothisa aspirata
76
 6380 222 GEO Semiothisa californiaria
78
 6363 222 GEO Semiothisa excurvata
86
 7312b 333 GEO Spargania magnoliata
91
 7340 222 GEO Stamnodes annellata
92
 7341 333 GEO Stamnodes coenonymphata
93
 6956 222 GEO Synaxis cervinaria
96
 7058b 222 GEO Synchlora aerata
100
 7636 220 GEO Trichopteryx veritata
101
 7287 333 GEO Triphosa californiata
102
 7426 222 GEO Venusia duodecemlineata
103
 7406 333 GEO Zenophleps lignicolorata
104
 7409 222 GEO Zenophleps obscurata
106
 7687d 333 LAS Phyllodesma americana
116
 10470 333 NOC Acerra normalis
119
 9256 002 NOC Acronicta marmorata
120
 9270 333 NOC Acronicta othello
122
 10270 002 NOC Admetovis similaris
124
 10663 222 NOC Agrotis ipsilon
125
 9319 333 NOC Alypia ridingsii
126
 9859 222 NOC Annaphila pseudoastrologa
129
 9357 222 NOC Apamea cinefacta
135
 9529 222 NOC Aseptis perfumosa
136
 002 NOC Aseptis sp.
138
 8907 222 NOC Autographa biloba
139
 8914 222 NOC Autographa californica
142
 10178a 333 NOC Behrensia conchiformis
146
 10033 222 NOC Catabena lineolata
154
 8594 333 NOC Cissusa indescreta
155
 9105 002 NOC Conochares acutus
159
 10188 002 NOC Cucullia dentilinea
160
 "10192.1" 002 NOC Cucullia eccissica
163
 10508 333 NOC Egira crucialis
164
 10511 333 NOC Egira curialis
165
 10505 220 NOC Egira hiemalis
166
 10515 333 NOC Egira perlubens
167
 10514 222 NOC Egira rubrica
168
 9076 012 NOC Eublemma minima
169
 8732 333 NOC Euclidia ardita
183
 10009 333 NOC Feralia februalis
187
 11072 002 NOC Heliothis phloxiphagus
193
 10068 222 NOC Homoncocnemis fortis
197
 10371a 002 NOC Lacinipolia cuneata
203
 10154 333 NOC Lepipolys perscripta
204
 10441 222 NOC Leucania sp., nr. farcta
216
 10132 002 NOC Oncocnemis ragani
222
 10485 222 NOC Orthosia behrensiana
223
 10477 222 NOC Orthosia erythrolita
224
 10482 222 NOC Orthosia ferrigera
225
 10495c 222 NOC Orthosia hibisci
227
 10494 222 NOC Orthosia pacifica
228
 10480 222 NOC Orthosia praeses
231
 10915 222 NOC Peridroma saucia
232
 10464 333 NOC Perigonica tertia
234
 9695 002 NOC Platysenta albolabes
236
 10027 220 NOC Pleromelloida conserta
239
 9667 222 NOC Prodenia praefica
243
 10438 222 NOC Pseudaletia unipuncta
244
 9600 333 NOC Pseudobryomima fallax
248
 10184 222 NOC Rancora serraticornis
256
 10475 333 NOC Stretchia inferior
257
 8630 222 NOC Drasteria divergens
259
 8629a 333 NOC Drasteria fumosa
260
 8626 333 NOC Drasteria ochracea
265
 10258 022 NOC Trichoclea antica
269
 10942 222 NOC Xestia adela
272
 10607 222 NOC Zosteropoda hirtipes
274
 8985 333 NOL Meganola fuscula
275
 8993 333 NOL Nola minna
277
 7770 222 SAT Hyalophora euryalus
279
 7855 333 SPG Hemaris diffinis
280
 7894 222 SPG Hyles lineata

1A — Growing Up Wild in the ELFIN FOREST north of Beverly Hills (1938-1957)

Dedications

Growing Up Wild in Beverly Hills!

EARLY DAYS on OAK PASS Rd. (1937-1945) and HOW the ROAD GOT ITS NAME

FIRES

- (A) Botanical Highlights

-- Historical Remarks on Oaks

-- EARLY EVOLUTIONARY STAGES of the "SMOG-DENIAL SYNDROME"!

-- OAK PASS NATIVE PLANTS TODAY (??)

-- Echos From the Past!

-- A Bit of SUMMERTIME FOGBANK-BOTANY

- (B) LOCAL BUTTERFLY HIGHLIGHTS

- (C) LOCAL BIRDS REMEMBERED

- (D) LOCAL MAMMALS REMEMBERED

- (E) REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS REMEMBERED

CONTACT INFORMATION

DESSERT (Purely for Amusement!)

THE HONEY-SNOB'S CORNER

1B — BACKPORCH MOTH COLLECTION at 9601 Oak Pass Road (1953-1957)

A five-year study (1953-1957) documenting the occurrence of 283 macro-moth species on one acre of woodland habitat at 9601 Oak Pass Rd., 5 road-miles north of Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills (a mixture of undisturbed Southern Oak Woodland / Chaparral / Coastal Sage Scrub habitat, at 1100 ft. elevation).

WHAT TO EXPECT AT THIS CALIFORNIA SITE

ABOUT THE BACKYARD CONCEPT

BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION

About the Moth Studies at 9601 Oak Pass Road

BEATING or SWEEPING for LARVAE - A MOST PRODUCTIVE COLLECTING TECHNIQUE

ABUNDANCE-RATINGS DEFINED

The OLD BEVERLY HILLS (OAK PASS ROAD) MOTH STUDY COMPARED WITH THREE OTHER (MORE RECENT) SURVEYS IN COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN THE MACRO-MOTH FAUNAS OF THE ABOVE THREE OTHER SURVEYED COASTAL CALIFORNIAN LOCALITIES

HISTORICAL PHOTOS and A PLEA for FUTURE STUDIES in the SAME REGION

FRANK SALA'S CORNER

FRANK HOVORE'S CORNER

1C — HABITAT PHOTOS Documenting the Surrounding Locality (1957-1964)

1C - HABITAT PHOTOS (1957-1964)

DIRT ROADS