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Photos of Pyralidae:
Pyraustinae 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. More
species were collected at this site in 2017 than are represented in the below
photo sets.
This
one of the most species rich pyralid subfamilies; however, many of the species
recorded from suburban Appleton are irregularly present and/or uncommon to rare
in the suburban habitat. The most common
species in suburban Appleton are typically two annual migrants: Udaea rubigalis and Nomophila nearctica, although N.
nearctica was uncharacteristically uncommon for most of 2016. This
subfamily includes numerous ephemeral migrants (migrants that appear in numbers
some seasons but not others) from the southern United States. In their permanent range these are
multivoltine species that fly for much of the season, but Appleton records are
primarily or exclusively from the fall.
Species that fit this pattern include: Hymenia
perspectalis, Spoladea recurvalis, Diasemioides janassialis, Diaphania
hyalinata, Herpetogramma phaeopteralis, Herpetogramma
bipunctalis and Pilocrocis ramentalis. There
are also a number of species that appear to be rare strays from the southern
United States that have been recorded by no more than a few isolated
occurrences. These species include Samea multiplicalis, Diastictis argyralis,
Lineodes integra, Ategumia ebulealis, and Palpita quadristigmalis.
Brief notes
provided for each species are primarily based upon the 2016-2018 seasons,
although there is a significant backlog of material to study. A few photos are included for specimens
collected in 2016 or 2018. Pyralidae
were also collected during my surveys of suburban Appleton from 1989-1996, but
much of this material has yet to be studied.
Numbers
in [ ] are from the Hodges et al. (1983) checklist of the Lepidoptera of
America North of Mexico.
Pyraustinae
Saucrobotys
fumoferalis [4935]
One record from suburban
Appleton.
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Saucrobotys
futilalis [4936]
Occasional
specimens occur in suburban Appleton during some seasons.
Nascia
acutellus [4937]
Only one specimen
was found in suburban Appleton from 2016-2018, but this species is locally
common in hydric
hardwood forest at
Fallen Timbers Environmental Center (Outagamie County) during July (1991-1995).
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11 July 2017
Crocidophora
tuberculalis [4945]
At least one
specimen was found in suburban Appleton from 2016-2018. It may be a southern stray?
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2 September 2016
Ostrinia
penitalis [4946]
Occasional
specimens occur in suburban Appleton, some in fresh condition. Found every year from 2016-2018.
It is more common
in fields in Outagamie County.
Ostrinia
odumbratalis [4947]
Occasional
specimens occur in suburban Appleton some seasons, including some in fresh
condition.
16 June 2017
Ostrinia
nubialis [4949]
Found in low
numbers in suburban Appleton, but common in fields in Outagamie County.
4 June 2017
15 June 2017
Fumibotys
fumalis [4950]
Suspected annual
migrant occasionally found in suburban Appleton, mostly in late summer or fall.
10 August 2016, MV
Trap
Perispasta
caeculalis [4951]
Regularly present
in suburban Appleton but usually found in small numbers.
Anania
hortulata [4952]
Found in small
numbers in suburban Appleton but recorded every year from 2016-2018. Native to Europe, first
recorded from
Appleton in 1995.
Anania
tertialis [4953]
At least one
specimen was found in suburban Appleton in 2017 (below). Recorded from Fallen Timbers and Mosquito
Hill
(Outagamie County,
1989-1995 surveys).
Anania
funebris [4958]
One suburban
Appleton specimen from 2016-2018.
Locally common during the day along the edges of hydric
hardwood forest at
Fallen Timbers and Mosquito Hill (Outagamie County, 1989-1995 surveys).
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16 June 2017
Achyra
rantalis [4975]
Rarely encountered
in suburban Appleton.
Sitochroa
palealis [4986.1]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton with a few specimens found every year from 2016-2018,
including some in fresh
condition. More common in some mixed woodland/open
habitats in Outagamie County (1989-1995 surveys).
21 July 2018
Sitochroa
chortalis [4987]
Occasional
specimens from suburban Appleton is may be dispersers. More typically found in dry upland habitat.
Loxostege
sticticalis [5004]
Rarely encountered
in suburban Appleton.
16 June 2016, MV
Trap
Loxostege
cereralis [5017]
Widespread in WI
open habitats, but rarely encountered in suburban Appleton. Similar Loxostege
commixtalis
is common in
northern WI bogs but has not been found in Outagamie County.
7 September 2016
Pyrausta
nicalis [5032]
Three 2017
specimens from suburban Appleton and none from 2016 or 2018. Possibly an ephemeral migrant.
Pyrausta
inveterascalis [5036]
Only one record
from suburban Appleton. Apparently rare
in WI and possibly a southern stray. I
have also recorded
it from Waukesha
County (26 July 1993).
8 July 2017
Pyrausta
signatalis [5034]
Regularly found in
small numbers in suburban Appleton.
1 July 2017
6 July 2017
7 July 2017
Pyrausta
bicoloralis [5040]
Regularly found in
small numbers in suburban Appleton.
Pyrausta
subsequalis [5060]
The specimen shown
is the only record for suburban Appleton.
2 August 2017
Pyrausta
acrionalis [5071]
Seldom found in
suburban Appleton, and primarily in the fall.
Occurs at Fallen Timbers Environmental Center.
2 September 2016,
MV Trap
One of the most
common pyralids in suburban Appleton.
Suspected annual migrant, becoming more common in late summer and
autumn.
15 October 2017
7 September 2017
Lineodes
integra (5107)
A rare stray from
the south found once in suburban Appleton from 2016 to 2018.
17 October 2016
Loxostegopsis
merrickalis [5117]
Occasional single
individuals are found in suburban Appleton.
5 August 2017
Diacme
adipaloides [5143]
The specimen shown
is the only suburban Appleton record from 2016-2018.
19 July 2017
Samea
multiplicalis [5151]
A rare southern
stray recorded at least once from suburban Appleton.
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27 September 2017
Annual migrant
typically common by mid-summer or before, but few found until the fall in
2016. Some years adults occur into late
November.
25 July 2017
4 September 2017
Duponchelia
fovealis [5156.5]
Found at least
twice in suburban Appleton, in 2016 and 2018, but not in 2017.
Native to the
Mediterranean region and introduced to North America.
http://www.kernag.com/dept/news/2010/2010-san-diego-duponchelia-fovealis-07-16-2010.pdf
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July 2016
10 July 2018
Ategumia
ebulealis [5158]
A rare stray from
the southern United States recorded once in suburban Appleton, in 2016.
17 OCTOBER 2016
Desmia
funeralis [5159]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton, but found every year.
29 July 2017
4 September 2017
Desmia
maculalis [5160]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton, but more common in mixed woodland and open habitats
elsewhere in the county.
20 July 2017
10 August 2017
Hymenia
perspectalis [5169]
Ephemeral migrant
found in small numbers in suburban Appleton during the fall of 2016-2018.
5 September 2016,
MV Trap
7 October 2017
18 October 2017
Spoladea
recurvalis [5170]
Ephemeral migrant
abundant in the fall of 2016, and found in smaller numbers during 2017 and
2018. A few specimens recorded from 1991
and 1995.
10 October 2016, MV
Trap
12 September 2017
2 October 2017
8 October 2017
8 October 2017
18 October 2017
20 October 2017
Diasemioides
janassialis [5172]
A rare stray or
ephemeral migrant from the south recorded in suburban Appleton at least once
every year from 2016-2018.
28 August 2017
Diathrausta
reconditalis [5174]
Single suburban
Appleton specimens from 2017 and 2018.
Diathrausta
harlequinalis [5175]
Not found in
suburban Appleton from 2016-2018, but one record from 2012.
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28 June 2012
Anageshna
primordialis [5176]
Occasional in suburban
Appleton; a few specimens each year from 2016-2018.
17 June 2017
Blepharomastix
ranalis [5182]
At least one
suburban Appleton record from 2017.
Possibly a southern stray.
Glyphodes
sibillalis [5198]
A rare stray from
the deep south, found once in suburban Appleton.
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14 September 2016
Diaphania
hyalinata [5204]
A distinctive
ephemeral migrant found in small numbers in the fall from 2016-2018, but none
found from 1989-1995.
7 October 2017
26 September 2017
Palpita
quadristigmalis [5218]
A rare stray from
the southern United States found once in suburban Appleton.
The following Palpita species are occasional in
suburban Appleton. There may be three species
but identifications are tentative, particularly P. arsaltealis versus P.
aenescentalis.
Palpita
arsaltealis [5222]?
5 August 2017
Palpita
magniferalis [5226]
Palpita
aenescentalis [5227]?
Polygrammodes
flavidalis [5228]
Rarely found in
suburban Appleton, but more numerous in mixed hardwood forest/open habitats at
Fallen Timbers
and Mosquito Hill
(Outagamie County, 1991-1995 surveys).
Pantographa
limata [5241]
Only one specimen
was found in suburban Appleton from 2016-2018, yet it is common in hardwood
forest habitats
at Mosquito Hill
and Fallen Timbers (Outagamie County, 1992-1995 surveys).
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29 July 2017
Lygropia
rivulalis [5250]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton, more numerous in mixed woodland/field habitats in the
county.
25 July 2017
20 July 2017
18 July 2017
Diastictis
argyralis [5253]
Found once in
suburban Appleton from 2016-2018, probably a southern stray.
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23 September 2017
Herpetogramma
phaeopteralis [5274]
Ephemeral migrant
common in the fall of 2016 and present in smaller numbers in 2017.
8 October 2017
21 October 2017
Herpetogramma bipunctalis (5272)
An uncommon
southern ephemeral migrant found in suburban Appleton in the fall each year
from 2016-2018.
5 September 2016,
MV Trap
7 September 2016,
MV Trap
17 October 2016
Herpetogramma pertextalis, H. abdominalis, and H.
thestealis may involve a species complex with
four morphospecies present in
the Appleton area, and perhaps more in the southeast. The application of these names is tentative.
Herpetogramma
pertextalis [5275]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
Herpetogramma
abdominalis [5276]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton.
1 August 2017
13 July 2017
Herpetogramma
thestealis [5277]
Occasional in
suburban Appleton, common in some woodland habitats in Outagamie County.
Herpetogramma
species
Smaller than most
specimens of the above three similar species, and different in pattern. Occasional in suburban Appleton.
6 August 2016, MV
Trap
13 August 2016, MV
Trap
13 September 2017
Relative sizes of four Herpetogramma specimens:
H. pertextalis (top left), H. abdominalis (top right)
Herpetogramma species (bottom
left), Herpetogramma aeglealis (bottom
right)
Herpetogramma
aeglealis [5280]
Usually uncommon in
suburban Appleton, but sometimes more numerous when bait is working well. Common in
some woodland
habitats in Outagamie County. Highly
variable but the variation appears continuous.
2 August 2017
26 July 2017
21 July 2017
23 July 2017
25 July 2017
Pilocrocis
ramentalis [5281]
Ephemeral migrant
found in small numbers in the fall in suburban Appleton from 2016-2018.
7 October 2017
27 September 2017
7 October 2017
22 October 2017