Cliorismia bussi

Cliorismia bussi (James) Specimens examined (19). YT: Carcross; Nisling River (61.864N, 137.372W; see also iNat 173331518); Moose Creek, km 562 Klondike Highway; Slims River, km 1706 Alaska Highway; Whitehorse, 14 km N junction Highway 1 and 2; Whitehorse, 20 mi N. DEBU, RBCM, ROME. Database and literature records (105). YT: Burwash Landing, Duke River (type locality); Buxhy Mountain, 15 km S Carmacks; Carcross; Carcross, 3.2 km N; Carmacks; Carmacks, 26 km S; Conglomerate Mountain, 8.8 km S Twin Lakes; Kluane Lake, south end; Kluane Lake, Cultus Bay; Kluane Lake, mi 1054 Alaska Highway; Kluane National Park, Sheep Creek Road; Lapie River at Glacier Creek; Little Salmon Lake, 35 km E; Mayo; Ross River; Stewart Crossing, 6 km NW; Tatchun Lake; Whitehorse. AK: Fairbanks; Richardson Highway, Mile 318. CASC, CNCI, INHS, LEMQ, MEI, SEM, WSUC. iNaturalist records (1). YT: Nisling River (iNat 173331518). Conservation status. YT: S5 Distributional notes. Cliorismia bussi is a northern species, as yet unknown in British Columbia, but common in the southern Yukon from Kluane Lake and Carcross east to Ross River and north to Mayo. It probably ranges farther north as it occurs at Reindeer Depot in the Northwest Territories. The type locality is near Burwash Landing, Yukon (Webb et al. 2013). Cliorismia bussi is also found in Alaska. Ecoprovinces and other designations. YT: Boreal Cordillera. AK: Beringia Boreal. Range. East Beringian. Alaska east through the Yukon to the Northwest Territories (Webb et al. 2013). Biological notes. Flight period: 28 May–15 August. The species has been collected in Populus tremuloides parkland, on sand dunes (Fig. 15), along a river shoreline, at a shallow alkaline pond in salt flats, and on dry grassland slopes.