Cannon PowerShot SX50 HS
Photos of Eriopinae
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Suburban Appleton in 2016
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.
Callopistria
floridensis
1 November 2016
This was the first
Wisconsin specimen I had collected or examined of this southeastern species,
and it appears to be an isolated stray.
However, in 2018 I collected over 25 specimens from three sites in
Appleton and Fallen Timbers Environmental Center, some of which were in fresh
condition. In the southeast it is a
widespread generalist occurring in many habitat types.