Lepidoptera Biodiversity LLC

 

Cannon PowerShot SX50 HS Photos of Pyralidae: Gallerinae 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.

 

Live specimen photos are also voucher specimens collected after the photo was taken. 

 

All four species that I have collected in Wisconsin occur in suburban Appleton, where they are uncommon to rare.

 

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

 

Gallerinae

 

 

Galleria mellonella [5622]

Occasional in suburban Appleton.

IMG_1887 - Copy_resizeIMG_1890 - Copy_resize

21 September 2017

 

Achroia gisella [5623]

Occasional  in suburban Appleton.

IMG_3846 - Copy_resize

5 September 2016

 

 

Aphomia sociella [5629]

Regularly found in small numbers in suburban Appleton.

IMG_3534 - Copy_resize

IMG_3537

 

IMG_3542 - Copy_resize

7 June 2017

 

IMG_2979 - Copy_resize

31 May 2017

 

 

Aphomia terrenella [5630]

Occasional in suburban Appleton.

IMG_3550 - Copy_resize

14 July 2017

 

IMG_3555 - Copy_resize

IMG_3558

 

IMG_6778 - Copy_resize

14 July 2017

 

 

Aphomia fulminalis [5630.1]

At least one specimen found in suburban Appleton during 2017.  These photos represent the same individual;

unfortunately the wings of the specimen became permeated with "grease" from the abdomen.

IMG_3547 - Copy_resize

IMG_2398 - Copy_resize

16 May 2017