Soapweed and various yucca moths, proposed and amended recovery strategies 2017

Official title: Amended Recovery Strategy for the Soapweed (Yucca glauca) and Yucca Moth (Tegeticula yuccasella) and Recovery Strategy for the Non-pollinating Yucca Moth (Tegeticula corruptrix) and the Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth (Prodoxus quinquepunctellus) in Canada [Proposed] - 2017

Table of contents

Species at Risk Act
Recovery Strategy Series

Adopted under Section 44 of SARA

Soapweed
Yucca Moth
Non-pollinating Yucca Moth
Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth

Photo of Soapweed,Yucca Moth,             Non-pollinating Yucca Moth,             Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth
Photos: Soapweed - © Gord Court; Yucca Moth - © Olaf Pellmyr; Non-pollinating Yucca Moth - © Donna Hurlburt; Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth - © Gord Court

Part 1 - Table of contents

List of figures

  • Figure 1. Distribution of naturally occurring Soapweed, Yucca glauca, in North America (Hurlburt 2001).
  • Figure 2. Distribution of the Yucca Moth, Tegeticula yuccasella, in North America (COSEWIC 2013 a).
  • Figure 3. Distribution of the Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, Tegeticula corruptrix, in North America (COSEWIC 2013 a).
  • Figure 4. Distribution of the Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth, Prodoxus quinquepunctellus, in North America (COSEWIC 2013a).
  • Figure 5. Critical habitat for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five spotted Bogus Yucca Moth occurs within the 10 km x 10 km UTM grid squares

List of tables

  • Table 1. NatureServeiranking for the Soapweed and three yucca moths species in North America (NatureServe 2015).
  • Table 2. Summary of Soapweed population surveys conducted at Pinhorn Grazing Reserve and Onefour Research Ranch, Albertab.
  • Table 3. Summary of critical habitat and biophysical attributes for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth in Alberta.
  • Table 4. Activities likely to result in the destruction of critical habitat for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth.
  • Table 5. Critical habitat units (10 x 10 km standardized UTM squares) within which critical habitat for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth is found in Alberta.

List of appendices

  • Appendix A. Decision Tree for Determining the Type of Critical Habitat Identification Based on Biological Criteria
  • Appendix B. Effects on the environment and other species
  • Appendix C. Critical habitat for Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth, and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth in Canada
  • Appendix D. Rationale for including a distance of 300 m from plant occurrences in critical habitat identification

Part 2 - Table of contents

List of figures

  • Figure 1. The distribution of soapweed and yucca moths in Alberta. Site 1 is the Onefour population and site 2 is the Pinhorn population. Map modified from Hurlburt (2001).
  • Figure 2. Critical habitat boundary for soapweed at the Onefour site.
  • Figure 3. Critical habitat boundary for soapweed at the Pinhorn site.

List of tables

  • Table 1. Implementation timetable and estimate of costs (direct and "in-kind", in thousands) for soapweed and yucca moth recovery actions, 2012-2022.

 

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