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Photos of Pyralidae:
Nymphulinae 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.
I
have collected at least twelve species of Nymphulinae in Wisconsin: Chrysendeton imitabilis, Elophila
ekthlipsis, Elophila icciusalis, Elophila gyralis, Elophila tinealis, Elophila
obliteralis, Paraponyx maculalis, Paraponyx obscuralis, Paraponyx badiusalis,
Paraponyx allionealis, Petrophila bifascialis, and Petrophila canadensis. Eight
of these occur in suburban Appleton, and seven were found in numbers every year
from 2016-2018. All of these species
have aquatic larvae and no suitable breeding habitat is present in surrounding
blocks. Thus, all of these species are
dispersers from their breeding habitat, yet Elophila
obliteralis is one of the most common pyralid species here. In 1995 I found Nymphulinae larvae in
abundance in a pond at Memorial Park 2.1 miles northeast of the suburban yard.
Numbers
in [ ] are from the Hodges et al. (1983) checklist of the Lepidoptera of
America North of Mexico.
Nymphulinae
Elophila
icciusalis [4748]
At least one
individual was found in suburban Appleton in 2017.
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14 July 2017
Elophila
gyralis [4751]
Regularly present
in suburban Appleton, but typically few individuals found on an individual
night.
Male
Females
Males
11 July 2017
21 August 2017
Elophila
tinealis [4754]
Sometimes moderately
common in suburban Appleton.
Elophila
obliteralis [4755]
One of the most
common pyralids in suburban Appleton.
Abundance is highly variable, but at times 50-100
or more individuals
may be in one night's light trap sample.
Male
1 June 2017, MV
Trap
Females
9 August 2016, MV
Trap
Males
12 July 2017
Females
23 June 2017
11 July 2017
13 July 2017
Paraponyx
maculalis [4759]
Regularly found in
small numbers in suburban Appleton.
Males
14 July 2017, MV
Trap
Females
Paraponyx
obscuralis [4760]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
Male
Paraponyx
badiusalis [4761]
Regularly found in
small numbers in suburban Appleton.
Male
Female
Males
12 July 2017
28 July 2017
Female
9 August 2017
Paraponyx
allionealis [4764]
Regularly found in
small numbers in suburban Appleton.
Male
14 July 2017, MV
Trap
Female
Female
14 June 2017