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ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE

PROTECTION STATUS: Endangered

YEAR PLACED ON LIST: 2011

CRITICAL HABITAT: 587 acres in Riverside County, California, designated in 2011

RECOVERY PLAN: None

RANGE: Two sites in southern Palm Springs, California

THREATS: Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation due to urban, residential, and recreational development

POPULATION TREND: The population is actively declining.

Photo courtesy of Essig Museum of Entomology