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]
6 July 2017
Idia aemula complex [8323]
19 June 2017
Idia concisa [8323.1]
10 August 2017
10 July 2017
25 July 2017
Idia
herminioides [8321.2]
13 September 2017
Idia
rotundalis [8326]
26 July 2017
Idia lubricalis species
1 [8334]
18 July 2017
1 July 2017
Phalaenophana
paramusalis [8338]
9 August 2017
7 August 2017
3 August 2017
Zanclognatha
protumnusalis [8349]
18 July 2016
Zanclognatha
marcidilinea [8352]
20 July 2017
Zanclognatha
ochreipennis [8353]
21 July 2017
25 July 2017
31 July 2017
Macrochila
absorptalis [8357]
12 July 2017
Phalaenostola
metonalis [8362]
1 August 2017
Phalaenostola
eumelusalis [8363]
15 July 2017
Phalaenostola
larentioides [8364]
9 July 2017
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]
24 July 2017
Renia
adspergillus [8386]
Total of three
suburban Appleton specimens, the first in 1996, the most recent in 2016
Palthis angulalis [8397]
12 August 2017
5 August 2017