Cannon PowerShot SX50 HS
Photos of Pyralidae:
Crambinae 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. Identification of some material is uncertain.
Crambinae
is a diverse subfamily in Wisconsin. I
have identified about 27 species that I collected in suburban Appleton from
2016-2017; however, only nine of these are regularly present in numbers. Crambus
praefectellus, Pediasia trisecta, and Microcrambus
elegans are among the most common Lepidoptera species in suburban
Appleton. Crambus albellus, Crambus agitatellus, Chrysoteuchia topiarius, and Parapediasia
teterrellus are regularly
present. Agriphila ruricolellus and Agriphilia
vulgivagellus are annual migrants from the south that appear annually,
primarily in late summer or fall. Euchromius ocellea is a southern migrant
found in the fall of 2017 but not in 2016 or 2018. Other species appear to be either uncommon
residents or dispersers in suburban Appleton.
There are many additional WI species that have never been found in
suburban Appleton, some of which appear to be habitat specialists. Examples of other Crambinae I have collected
in WI include: Donacaula sordidellus (Waukesha
Co.), Prionapteryx nebulifera (Burnett
County), Prionapteryx achatina (Burnett
County), Crambus alienellus (Langlade,
Forest, Douglas Cos.), Crambus perlella (Marinette
Co.), Crambus lyonsellus (Forest Co),
Arequipa turbatella (Waukesha Co), Platytes vobisne (Waukesha Co), Thaumatopsis pexellus (Waukesha Co), Thaumatopsis pectinifer, T. solutellus,
Argyria auratella (Forest Co), Chilo
plejadellus (Waukesha Co), Thopeutis
forbesellus (Waukesha Co), Occidentalia
compulatalis (Door Co), Haimbachia
squamulella (Kenosha Co), Eoreuma
densella (Waukesha & Walwoth Cos), and E. crawfordi (Green, Waukesha, Kenosha Cos).
Numbers
in [ ] are from the Hodges et al. (1983) checklist of the Lepidoptera of
America North of Mexico.
Crambinae
Donacaula
melinellus [5316]
This species is
typically found in sedge meadow wetlands.
A single suburban Appleton record from 2016-2018
is likely a
disperser from wetlands.
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21 August 2017
NOT
AN APPLETON SPECIMEN:
WI Door County, Sunset Drive, 19 August 2017, H. Kons Jr.
Donacaula
longirostrallus [5319]
This species is
also typically found in sedge meadow wetlands.
A single suburban Appleton record from 2016-2018
is likely a
disperser from wetlands.
Crambus
bidens Phenotype 1
[5342]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
23 July 2016
Crambus
bidens Phenotype 2
[5342]
Note: This phenotype also goes under the name Crambus bidens. I have never seen it from suburban
Appleton.
NOT
AN APPLETON SPECIMEN:
WI Door County, Sunset Drive, 19 August 2017, H. Kons Jr.
Crambus
unistriatellus [5344]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
30 June 2017, MV
Trap
20 June 2017
30 September 2017
28 June 2017
Crambus
youngellus? [5349]?
Separation of Crambus youngellus, C. agitatellus, and C.
saltuellus is preliminary. If this
preliminary separation
is correct, most
suburban Appleton specimens are C.
agitatellus, and the other two species are uncommon.
30 June 2017
15 July 2017
Crambus
praefectellus [5355]
One of the most
common Lepidoptera species in suburban Appleton every year.
21 October 2017
5 August 2017
12 September 2017
23 May 2017
26 May 2017
29 May 2017
29 May 2017
31 May 2017
31 May 2017
7 June 2017
8 October 2017
23 June 2017
1 August 2017
4 August 2017
15 August2017
21 July 2017
Crambus
leachellus [5357]
Apparently rare in
suburban Appleton, but could easily be overlooked in the field for the abundant
C. praefectellus.
Crambus
albellus [5361]
Moderately common
in suburban Appleton.
3 July 2017
24 June 2017
Crambus
agitatellus? [5362?]
Separation of Crambus youngellus, C. agitatellus, and C.
saltuellus is preliminary. If this
preliminary separation
is correct, most
suburban Appleton specimens are C.
agitatellus, and the other two species are uncommon.
30 June 2017
5 July 2017
1 July 2017
9 July 2017
16 July 2017
26 July 2017
28 July 2017
30 June 2017
11 July 2017
Crambus
saltuellus? [5363?]
Separation of Crambus youngellus, C. agitatellus, and C.
saltuellus is preliminary. If this
preliminary separation
is correct, most
suburban Appleton specimens are C.
agitatellus, and the other two species are uncommon.
5 June 2017
Crambus
girardellus [5365]
One suburban
Appleton record for 2017.
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Crambus
laqueatellus [5378]
Seldom encountered
in suburban Appleton, but at least two specimens found in 2017.
Neodactria
luteolellus [5379]
At least two
specimens found in suburban Appleton in 2017.
Male
Female
Neodactria
caliginosellus [5381]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
Males
18 July 2017
Female
13 July 2017
Neodactria
species 1
This phenotype is
sometimes identified as Neodactria
murellus, but it does not match the holotype in pattern.
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
Males
Female
Neodactria
species 2
At least one
specimen was found in suburban Appleton from 2016-2018. Size similar to Microcrambus species.
24 July 2017
Chrysoteuchia
topiarius [5391]
Fairly common in
suburban Appleton.
27 June 2007, MV
Trap
12 July 2017
11 July 2017
Raphiptera
argillaceellus [5393]
Only one suburban
Appleton specimen found among material studied thus far.
28 July 2016, MV
Trap
Agriphila
ruricolellus [5399]
An annual migrant
found primarily in the fall; fairly common some years in suburban Appleton.
29 August 2016
30 August 2017
30 August 2017
15 September 2017
15 September 2017
Agriphilia
vulgivagellus [5403]
An annual migrant
found primarily in the fall; fairly common some years in suburban Appleton.
5 September 2017
15 September 2017
19 September 2017
Catoptria
latiradiellus [5408]
One 2017 specimen
from suburban Appleton
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26 August 2017
NOT
An Appleton specimen: WI Door County, Sunset Drive, 19 August 2017, H. Kons Jr.
Pediasia
trisecta [5413]
A widespread
generalist common in suburban Appleton.
Males
22 June 2017
Female
28 August 2017
Live
Photos (Mixed Genders)
10 August 2017
4 September 2017
12 September 2017
26 May 2017
4 June 2017
14 June 2017
15 June 2017
20 June 2017
26 June 2017
29 June 2017
30 June 2017
6 July 2017
20 July 2017
5 August 2017
9 August 2017
9 August 2017
29 August 2017
Pediasia
species
Possibly just an
atypical specimen of P. trisecta (above).
15 June 2017
Microcrambus
biguttellus [5419]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
5 September 2016
Microcrambus
elegans [5420]
One of the most
common Lepidoptera species in suburban Appleton.
11 July 2017
2 July2017
15 July 2017
16 July 2017
29 July 2017
5 August 2017
Microcrambus
minor [5422]
Much less common in
suburban Appleton than similar and abundant Microcrambus
elegans.
Fissicrambus
mutabilis [5435]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
Males
3 August 2016, MV
Trap
Female
Parapediasia
teterrellus [5451]
Moderately common
in suburban Appleton.
Male
Female
Live
Photos (Mixed Gender)
5 August 2017
21 June 2017
17 September 2017
28 June 2017
Euchromius
ocellea [5454]
Ephemeral migrant
found in suburban Appleton in 2017.
28 September 2017
21 October 2017
4 October 2017
Urola
nivalis [5464]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
7 July 2017
Argyria
critica [5466]
At least one
specimen found in suburban Appleton from 2016-2018.
