BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Photinus hatchi
A Glowworm
| Scientific Name: | Photinus hatchi (Fender in Hatch, 1962) | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | A Glowworm | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Fender, K.M. 1970. Ellychnia of Western North America (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Northwest Science 44(1): 31-43. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | The genus Ellychnia has been synonymized with Photinus (Zaragoza et al. 2020; 2023). | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | CO-ELLHAT | ||||||||||
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| Conservation Status / Legal Designation | |||||||||||
| Global Status: | G5 (Jan 2022) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4S5 (Mar 2023) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Not Reviewed | ||||||||||
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| Migration Characteristics: (Global / Provincial) | |||||||||||
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Nonmigrant: Local Migrant: Distant Migrant: Within Borders Migrant: |
N / N N / N N / N na / N |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Ellychnia species are known as day-flying or diurnal fireflies. Because they are active during the day, it is likely that adults use pheromones rather than bioluminescent light to communicate with and locate each other. Very little has been documented about the habitats and ecology of this particular species. The habitat associations of this species have not been recorded, although species in this genus are often encountered resting on vegetation and tree trunks during the day. | ||||||||||
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| Global Food Habits Comments: | The dietary preferences of E. hatchi's larvae are unknown, but similar to other firefly species, they are likely carnivorous, feeding on soft bodied invertebrates such as snails, slugs, and earthworms (Lewis 2016). | ||||||||||
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
| Length(cm)/width(cm)/Weight(g): | / / | ||||||||||
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| Global Range Comment: | Ellychnia hatchi is a Pacific Northwest species found west of the Cascade Mountains in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California (Fender 1970, Lloyd 2003), although it has more recently been reported further east, including an observation in western Montana (BugGuide 2020). | ||||||||||
| Authors / Contributors | |||||||||||
| Global Information Author: | Fallon, C. (2021) | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Aug 18, 2020 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Fallon, C. 2021d. Ellychnia hatchi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T164014080A166771288. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T164014080A166771288.en. Downloaded on 25 August 2021. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2020. Species Summary: Photinus hatchi. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 6, 2026).