Gold-edged gem (Schinia avemensis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 9
Special Significance of the Species
The Gold-edged Gem is a globally rare species, known from only four populations: two in the extreme south of the three Prairie Provinces and two in Colorado. Although it is a small, relatively inconspicuous insect, it is a member of a highly specialized dune-dwelling community consisting of a number of unique plants and animals restricted to the “islands” of active sand dunes left thousands of years ago by the melting of the glaciers.
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