Cannon PowerShot SX50 HS
Photos of Noctuinae (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae) from Suburban Appleton in 2017
Part II of IV
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
genitalia or characters not visible in the photos. 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.
Lithophane
bethunei [9887]
8 April 2017
Lithophane
hemina [9893]
1 November 2017
Lithophane
antennata [9910]
21 October 2017
Lithophane
grotei [9915]/Lithophane laticinerea [9914]
Note:
These
species cannot be separated from photos, and multiple specimens were collected
on these dates.
11 October 2017
12 October 2017
22 October 2017
23 October 2017
23 October 2017
Eupsilia
tristigmata [9935]
20 February 2017
Eupsilia
morrisonia [9936]
9 April 2017
15 April 2017
15 April 2017
12 October 2017
13 October 2017
13 October 2017
13 October 2017
14 October 2017
14 October 2017
22 October 2017
1 November 2017
1 November 2017
1 November 2017
15 November 2017
24 November 2017
4 December 2017
4 December 2017
Sunira
verberata? [9960?]; Probable Determination
Unfortunately I
overlooked the significance of this specimen at the time I took the photo, as I
found no associated
voucher
specimen. Similar Sunira bicolorago is one of the most common Lepidoptera species in
suburban Appleton,
so most individuals
encountered were not vouchered. The wing
pattern suggests this is Sunira
verberata, a species
I have not
documented from Wisconsin, but the determination is not entirely certain
without a voucher specimen
to examine
structural characters.
20 September 2017
Aberration
26 September 2017
9 October 2017
10 October 2017
16 October 2017
17 October 2017
19 October 2017
21 October 2017
21 October 2017
24 November 2017