Observation date: March 12, 2025
Submitted by: MAKI
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Scott E. Miller's 1984 Butterflies of California Channel Islands notes that Pyrgus albescens is a resident of Santa Rosa Islands
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: April 17, 2025
Coordinator notes: Scott Millers work was done before I and Paul OplerI discovered "Pyrgus communis" also occurs in Santa Barbara County so specimens should be rechecked genomically...technically the name albescens is a Mexican subspecies of communis and ours have been renamed albezens" by Nick Grishin after checking these genomically-Ken Davenport
