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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

 

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            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]

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8 April 2017

 

 

Lithophane hemina [9893]

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1 November 2017

 

 

Lithophane antennata [9910]

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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.

 

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11 October 2017

 

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12 October 2017

 

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22 October 2017

 

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23 October 2017

 

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23 October 2017

 

 

 

Eupsilia tristigmata [9935]

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20 February 2017

 

 

Eupsilia morrisonia [9936]

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9 April 2017

 

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15 April 2017

 

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15 April 2017

 

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12 October 2017

 

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13 October 2017

 

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13 October 2017

 

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13 October 2017

 

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14 October 2017

 

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14 October 2017

 

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22 October 2017

 

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1 November 2017

 

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1 November 2017

 

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1 November 2017

 

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15 November 2017

 

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24 November 2017

 

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4 December 2017

 

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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.

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20 September 2017

 

 

Sunira bicolorago [9957]

 

Aberration

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26 September 2017

 

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9 October 2017

 

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10 October 2017

 

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16 October 2017

 

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17 October 2017

 

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19 October 2017

 

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21 October 2017

 

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21 October 2017

 

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24 November 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       

 

 

 

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