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Cannon PowerShot SX50 HS Photos of Herminiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Suburban Appleton in 2017

 

Hugo L. Kons Jr.

hkonsjr@yahoo.com

 

2019

 

Appleton Lepidoptera Photo Index for 2017

 

 

            The below photos were taken by the author in a suburban yard on West Summer Street in Appleton, WI (Outagamie County) (Google Earth figures).  The habitat includes a variety of trees, gardens, and lawns.  The closest forested habitat is along the Fox River about 1.2 miles to the south (mesic to hydric hardwoods).  Fields, mesic to hydric hardwood forest, and prairie planting occur just over 2 miles to the west.  Forested and open wetlands occur just over 3 miles to the northwest.  Xeric uplands do not occur in the vicinity.

 

While many of the photos shown are of live specimens, at least one voucher specimen of each species was collected on each date recorded.  Many of the live specimen photos are the same individuals as the voucher specimens collected after the photo was taken.  Some of the identifications are based on characters not visible in the photos.  Many more species were collected at this site in 2017 than are represented in the below photo sets, but most species with photos of live individuals from 2017 are included.

 

Numbers in [ ] are from the Hodges et al. (1983) checklist of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico.

 

 

Idia americalis [8322]

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6 July 2017

 

 

Idia aemula complex [8323]

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19 June 2017

 

 

Idia concisa [8323.1]

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10 August 2017

 

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10 July 2017

 

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25 July 2017

 

Idia herminioides [8321.2]

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13 September 2017

 

 

 

Idia rotundalis [8326]

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26 July 2017

 

 

Idia lubricalis species 1 [8334]

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18 July 2017

 

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1 July 2017

 

 

Phalaenophana paramusalis [8338]

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9 August 2017

 

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7 August 2017

 

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3 August 2017

 

 

Zanclognatha protumnusalis [8349]

18 July 2016

 

 

Zanclognatha marcidilinea [8352]

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20 July 2017

 

 

Zanclognatha ochreipennis [8353]

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21 July 2017

 

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25 July 2017

 

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31 July 2017

 

 

Macrochila absorptalis [8357]

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12 July 2017

 

 

Phalaenostola metonalis [8362]

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1 August 2017

 

 

Phalaenostola eumelusalis [8363]

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15 July 2017

 

 

Phalaenostola larentioides [8364]

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9 July 2017

 

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12 August 2017

 

 

Tetanolita palligera or close [8367]

One of the few ephemeral migrant/southern strays found during the 1989-1996 surveys but not from 2016-2018.

Until recently this was confused with T. floridana in the east.  Tetanolita floridana occurs in FL and the gulf region.

The eastern variant of  T. palligera occurs in the Upper and Lower Austral Zones and strays into the Transition Zone.

 

 

 

Renia factiosalis [8379]

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24 July 2017

 

 

Renia adspergillus [8386]

Total of three suburban Appleton specimens, the first in 1996, the most recent in 2016

 

 

Palthis angulalis [8397]

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12 August 2017

 

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5 August 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       

 

 

 

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