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Photos of Pyralidae:
Pyralinae 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. Some of the identifications are based on
characters not visible in the photos.
I
have collected at least eleven species of Pyralinae in Wisconsin: Pyralis farinalis, Aglossa costiferalis,
Aglossa disciferalis, Aglossa pinguinalis, Aglossa caprealis, Aglossa caprina,
Hypsopygia costalis, Hypsopygia intermedialis, Hypsopygia thymetusalis,
Hypsopygia binodulalis, and
Hypsopygia olinalis. At least eight
of these occur in suburban Appleton. Pyralis farinalis, Hypsopygia costalis,
Hypsopygia intermedialis, and
Hypsopygia olinalis are present in numbers every season. Aglossa cuprina, Aglossa pinguinalis, and Hypsopygia thymetusalis are uncommon and irregular, and probably
represent dispersers from higher quality habitats.
Numbers
in [ ] are from the Hodges et al. (1983) checklist of the Lepidoptera of
America North of Mexico.
Pyralinae
Pyralis
farinalis [5510]
Moderately common
in suburban Appleton.
9 July 2017
3 July 2017
4 September 2017
2 June 2017
15 June 2017
16 June 2017
19 June 2017
1 July 2017
2 July 2017
3 July 2017
27 July 2017
30 July 2017
Aglossa
pinguinalis [5516]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
17 July 2016
Aglossa
cuprina [5518]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
22 June 2017
15 July 2017
Hypsopygia
costalis [5524]
Moderately common
in suburban Appleton.
31 August 2016, MV
Trap
Aberration
31 August 2016, MV
Trap
6 July 2017
16 September 2017
18 October 2017
20 July 2017
18 August 2017
29 July 2017
Hypsopygia
intermedialis [5526]
Moderately common
in suburban Appleton.
24 June 2017
1 July 2017
3 July 2017
6 July 2017
7 July 2017
9 July 2017
11 July 2017
17 July 2017
18 July 2017
12 July 2017
(left); 30 July 2017 (right)
Hypsopygia
thymetusalis [5529]
One suburban
Appleton specimen found in material studied thus far.
Hypsopygia
binodulalis [5530]
One suburban
Appleton specimen found in material studied thus far, but could be easily
overlooked in the field for
the following
common species.
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Hypsopygia
olinalis [5533]
Fairly common in
suburban Appleton.
18 July 2017
11 July 2017
17 July2017
17 July2017
1 July 2017
13 July 2017
15 July 2017
1 July 2017