Wisconsin Entomological SocietyNe wsletter

Volume 35, Nuinher 1 ..: 4 ~ Eébniarsy 2002

Iended up the insect intersegmental membranes.season by going to the We captured our first

National Entomological LABNOTESFROM2002 JapaneseRockPoolMosquitoSociety meetings in San Diego (Oclerotatusjaponicus). It isin December. I spent a good Article and Photos by Phil Pellittert a handsome black and whiteshare of my time going to marked species. We now havemany of the thirty plus papers 55 species recorded in the

on bed bugs. If you want a them as indoor mosquitoes, I am state. The heavy rains of August gavemeasurement of how things have well aware that the general public us a taste of what normalchanged-there were only two papers has a different image of them. mosquitoes are like in the state.at meetings in 2006. There are major For 2007 over 40% of the ,insecticide resistance issues, and the samples I processed were digital echance of finding them in a hotel images. I did get a chance to get my e aroom in the US now stands at about

1%. One of the presenters even áfound them in his room at the

convention, and a truck brought abed bug sniffing dog to the hotel theday after the meetings were over.Although most entomologist look at

Japanese Rock Pool Mosquito(Octerotatusjaponicus)

Lab Notes from 2007I saw a high number of Green

Page 1 Stink Bug nymphs from the northernInsect Books & Websites common Buckeye two-thirds of the state. The nymphs

Mystery Insect (Junonta coenta) are black with orange and yellowPage 2 first ever photo of the Buckeye markings and are often clustered in

(Junonta coenta), on October 23. I groups. They feed on fruits and canWinners of 2007 Photo Salon do very little collecting with a net cause spotting and distortion of

Page 3 & 4 anymore but that is one insect I had Please see, LAB NOTES, page 12

Report of the Outgoing never captured in my life. As a youth..,LongTerm I would have traded my bike for one.

I did bring the net into the backyard,Answer to October 2007 but decided a photo would be better

Mystery Insect so I chased the butterfly around

Page 5 some blooming mums. I got three

Beached Surprise! pictures and enjoyed watching the ePage 6 butterfly dart away.

I had three samples of the GiantLepidoptera Season Summary Leopard Moth (Hypercompe

Page 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 scribonia), including two larvae .WES Officers submitted. The larvae are quite

stunning-a large black "wooly bear'Page 12 w i t h r e d s p i r a c 1es a n d Green Stink Bug Nymph

(Acrosternum hitare)

The Wisconsin Entomological Society Neu>sletter is published three times a year, at irregular intervals. It is provided to encourageand facilitate the exchange of information by the membership, and to keep the members informed of the activities of the organization.Members are strongly encouraged to contribute items for inclusion in the newsletter. Please send all news items, notes, new orinteresting insect records, season summaries, and research requests to the editor:

Janice Stiefel, 2125 Grove Road, Bailey's Harbor, WI 54202. (920) 839-9796, e-mail: jstlefel@itol.com

NOTE: Please report any address changes to Les Ferge, 7119 Hubbard Ave., Middleton, WI 53562. e-mail: ferge@chorus.net

Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - February 2008 Page 2

INSEGBOOKSANDVEBSITESby Andrew Khitsun

Starting, as usual, with an eye-candy, I should mentionphoto albums by J. Scheer Night Visions: The SecretDesigns of Moths, and P.Beckmann Living Jewels 2 (the

original book Living Jewels by the same author can still be easilyfound too) - all offering huge-sized photos of the most beautifulrepresentatives of insect fauna. M.Chinery's book Amazing

Insects: Images of Fascinating Crea'tures, although not as spec-tacular, serves up images and short descriptions of other insectgroups and interesting details of insect anatomy. Speaking ofwhich, Six-Legged Sex: The Erotic Lives of Bugs by J. Wangberggives some insights into reproductive tools and tricks employed bydifferent groups of insects, using easy-to-understand and some-times-humorous language. Another book, Discovering Moths:Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard by J. Himmelman, is

good as a general reading for all who like hanging around theirhouses and gardens after dark looking for night dwellers of thesaid properties.

Of more serious volumes, A Treatise on the Western Hemi-

sphere Caraboidea (Volume I) by T.Erwin continues in the

footsteps of some previously mentioned outstanding works fromthe Pensoft Series Faunistica. For those more interested in-Rove

Beetles, Catalog of Staphylinidae in 7 volumes by L. Herman is acomplete reference to that family worldwide (very expensive andhard to find - I couldn't figure if entire series was already pub-

lished). Another useful volume, The Sedge Moths of North

America by J. Heppner, treats all the known species of family - he wingspan of this Diptera is aboutGlyphipterigidae in Nearctic. The Black Flies of North America ½ in. Adults are most common nearby P.Adler and others is a comprehensive reference to a family water or where there is abundant

Simulidae in the same region. And, deviating from insect topic vegetation. Larvae live in water or inonce again (please forgive me), I must mention Wildflowers of moist soil, and generally feed onWisconsin And the Upper Midwest by M.Black and E. Judziewicz decaying plant material. They do not- the guide attempts to cover (quite successfully, although there are bite. Please send answer to the editor.a few omissions) the entire flower flora of our state, giving very de- Winners will be announced in the nexttailed descriptions and thumbnail photos for most species. The newsletter.book is not available through general bookstores, but could beordered from UW-Stevens Point Herbarium website

http:/(wisplants.uwsp.eduf. MemberShipAmong other useful websites, University of Kentucky

Entomology at http:((m.uky.edu/Ag(CritterFiles(casefilef helped Dttesme to identify my true bugs and a few other creatures. If you're a a

fan of Diptera, these interesting sites deal with Robber Flies: Individual Membershiphttp:((www.giffbeaton.com(Robber%20Flies.htm http://www.hr- $5.00 per yearrna.com(RNA(Rfly%20pages(Eastern%20genera%20key.htm and

http:((www.br-rna.com(RNA(Robber%20main%20page.htm . Family MembershipBeautiful insect photos can be enjoyed at Beetles of Africa at $10.00 per yearhttp:/(www.beetlesofafrica.comfindex-old.asp and Tom Murray'sgalleries at http:((www.pbase.com/tmurray74. Sustaining MembershipFor those interested in Lady Beetles, $15.00 per year

http:((www.coccinellidae.cifpaginasWebPeru(InicioPeru.php andhttp:(/www.coccinellidae.cl(inicio.php are must-have favorites! § Patron Membership

$25.00 per year

'The habits of insects are very mines of interesting knowledge, and it is Please make check payable to WESmpossible carefully to watch the proceedings of any insect, however insignificant' and send to Les Fergewithout feeling that no writer of fiction ever invented a drama of such absorbing 7119 Hubbard Ave.nterest as is acted daily before our eyes, though to indifferent spectators." Middleton, WI 53562-3231-J. G. Wood

Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - February 2008 Page 3

2002PIIOTOSALONVINNERS

FIRST PLACE - ILONA LOSERROBBER FLY (Laphrta divisor)

May 26, 2007, Cross Plains, WIhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/112908/byimage

THIRD PLACE - ILONA LOSERGasteruptiid (Gasteruption) femaleAugust 21, 2007, Cross Plains, WI

http://bugguide.net/node/view/138579/beimage

Andrew Williams, Outgoing President

bout 25 people attended our 2007 Fall Meeting, heldfrom noon to 5:00 PM on Saturday, October 13, inour usual meeting place in Russell Lab on the UW-

Madison campus. This being our annual meeting, we hada brief financial report, which I presented because ourtreasurer, Les Ferge, was unable to attend. With 126

4 p members, WES had $4,100.00 at the opening of 2007,

and $3,976.00 on October 12. With this mild operatingdeficit, I challenged the people at'our meeting to dig intotheir pockets to find a little something to put into adonation box. This amounted to $84.00 by the close of

SECOND PLACE - KYLE JOHNSON the afternoon. Thank you! We also elected officers: PhilTiaga Alpine Butterfly (Erebta mancinus) Pellitteri will be our new president, Kyle Johnson our new

June 8, 2007. Lumberjack Bog, . vice president, and Les Ferge will continue as ourLake County, MN treasurer. Please see, 2007 REPORT, Page 5

Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - February 2008 Page 4

2007 REPORT, from Page 4 good mix of taxa among the winners. Wisconsin. There are many taxa outAlas, the picture of a young Les there waiting for you to find on the

I took the liberty of dedicating Ferge did not make the final cut, but snow, on bark of trees, in streams,our meeting, with its intellectual we enjoyed seeing that, in leaf litter, etc. Indeed, most local

stimulation and pleasure, to the We had ample time to mingle taxa live in Wisconsin all year, somemory of Alistair Ramsdale, who with one another before, after, and they must be out there somewhere ifrecently died an accidental death. in the breaks taken between pre- we can just find them. There's much

Alistair earned an M.S. in Ento- sentations. Refreshments vanished to learn and to enjoy outdoors inmology here at UW-Madison not long over the course of the day; many winter. Dress appropriately andago, in Dan Young's lab, was working thanks to those who were able to carry an axe, was Kyle's advice.on his Ph.D. in Montana, and was bring something to share. There was On behalf of all who attended, Irespected and appreciated by those a certain amount of specimen thank the four speakers for theirwho knew him for his intellect and shuffling, particularly among the work creating and delivering these

his humor. We miss him. Carabidae as Peter Messer returned presentations. I thank, too, the eagerspecimenstovariouspeople audience. We had a delightfuland borrowed others to afternoon. §§

ö carryFaway. sLpeakers each What has six legs, e

presented for about 30 sits on its eggs like aminutes. Our first speaker hen, flies better than awas Bill Smith of Wisconsin hen, and is warm-blooded?DNR, who talked about theDNR's Wisconsin Peatland It's the Bumble Bee!

Project. This is a five-year The astounding fact ,thatproject with one year left. bumble bees are warm-bloodedWith the threat of global was discovered after a scientist saw

warming altering these a bumble bee gathering nectar onevaried wetland habitats, this wintry cold morning. As it turnedresearch is designed out, even with air temperaturesprimarily to inventory what near freezing, a bumble bee canhabitats and species are maintain a body temperature of 95

Anita Carpenter's quiltdepictinglife in a south Florida present, as baseline data. degrees F.hammock. Displaying the beautiful work of art are Raphael Rodriquez, a new Bumble bees are made up ofDorothy Legler, left and Anita Carpenter, right. immigrant to Wisconsin three body sections; the head,

from University of Missouri- thorax and the abdomen. They heatAnita Carpenter showed us her Columbia, now of UW-Milwaukee, their blood in the thorax, where the

new quilt, which depicts some of the told us of his research dealing with flight muscles are and where thelife in a south Florida hammock: sound transmission through plant heat is most needed. This heat is

reptiles, insects, amphibians, tissues by membracids in the genus regulated by its circulatory systemspiders, flowers, trees. Everyone Enchenopa.Thevariousspeciesnow which flows through its narrowenjoyed studying this fine art. Anita recognized in this genus are broadly waist. The blood then passes

tells me the next quilt will deal with sympatric in the eastern United through a heat exchanger in whichmilkweed insects. What could be States, yet look alike, even to their it is further heated by the warmerbetter? genitalia. Raphael's hypothesis is blood flowing away from the

As usual at our fall meeting, we that signal divergence by adults muscles. On a hot day, the beehad a photo salon to determine the adventuring on new food plants does the neatest trick of all. It

winner of the 24th annual William E. leads to behavioral and food plant actually changes its circulatorySleker Memorial Photography Award. specialization. There are now 11 system so that fresh blood comingTwenty-seven images were submitted species recognized in this genus, all to the wing muscles is not heated at

by six people. Phil Pellitteri oncelumpedintoE.binotata.Check all by the heat exchange system.coordinated this hightech circus: out his article in Evolution (2007). The queen bumble bee also usesthank you, Phil! The winner was an Mter a break, we reconvened to this ability to control heat to

image of an asilid fly, one of the bee enjoy a travelogue by Nadine Kriska, incubate her eggsat 80 degrees likemimics, head on and closeup. This who took us away to a meeting of a mother hen.was submitted by Ilona Loser, who scarab workers in South Africa. I When we think about it, there

also submitted the third place image hope many of you got to see Nadine's is no simple form of life. Everyof a gastruptiid wasp on goldenrod wedding ring, another fine piece of creature has its own secret forflowers. Second place went to Kyle insect art depicting two scarabs survival. 15Johnson's image of Erebia rolling a lapis ball. Then Kyle References: Jordan, William. The Bee

mancinus, the Tiaga Alpine. With a Johnson presented on winter insect Complex, Science, May 1984.fly, a butterfly and a wasp we had a collecting, outdoors, here in

Wisconsin Entomological.Society Newsletter - February 2008 Page 5

REPORTOf TIIEOUTGOIl(G... Jinswersto October2002HYSTERYINSECT

Mike Reese states: "The -eg-

by Andrew Williams, Outgoing President m y s t e r y i n s e c t i s iLepidophora lepidocera. I

Is outgoing president, I should say that I am giving didn't know what it wasup the presidency as I have no idea where my until I saw a photo in the a

wife, with a new PhD in hand, will lead us as she new Kaufman insect field i

seeks employment. Though we'll make our home guide. In BugGuide they list iwhere she finds the right work, I'll continue to be in informationaboutthethree

Wisconsin a bit in summers as I work to expand my species that are found inlong-term milkweed fauna project to its natural N.A. One only occurs in iproportions. So, watch for me on roadsides in Texas and south and the

summer, and please stop and have a chat. This has other two evidently arebeen fun. Our meetings are always enjoyable, and with widely distributed. The dis- Photo: Mike Reesemore speakers now than in past years, they are more cussion leads one to believe July 25, 2007

stimulating for all. But I must say, too, that I wish that L. lutea is a more Hunch-Backed Bee Fly

WES were more energetic. With a little work, we might northern species, but the (Lepidophora lepidocera)

raise money to more actively support entomology in discussion clearly shows that the species that I have

various ways. We might raise money to donate to the photographed in both Douglas and Juneau Counties isMilwaukee Public Museum for curation of insects, or L. lepidocera based upon the easily seen white scales on

to the UW-Madison Entomology Dept. to help with the side of the fourth abdominal segment. See BugGuide:graduate student expenses or even tuition, or to the http://buyguide.net/node/view/9004Wisconsin DNR to support insect research, or to the

Michigan Entomological Society to support their Dr. Daniel K.Young, Professor of Entomology andpublication of the regional journal - The Great Director UW Insect Research Collection, UW-MadisonLakes Entomologist, in which some of us publish. We The moth-like mystery insect is a bombyllid fly in the

might do all of these, in rotation. I think many of us genus Lepidophora (= scale + bearing). There are twowould take satisfaction in more actively fostering possible species, Lepidophora lutea (Painter) orentomology, even as we enjoy ourselves and communi- Lepidophora lepidocera (Wiedemann). The former-mostcate with each other. This idea would not lead to huge likely guess-and one I've seen many times in Wisconsin.results initially, but it would energize our Actually, it is represented in the UW Insect Researchorganization, in my view. Collection by several specimens. Perhaps most

I recommend that we raise the dues from $5.00 noteworthy (considering the 2003 published distributionto $10.00 so that WES might run mildly in the black failed to even list Wisconsin) is a specimen taken byinstead of mildly in the red. (A "Senior Membership" William Marshall at Tower Hill. The noteworthy part? ..of $5.00 could be established to allow those on fixed it was collected in the year19001 Methinks more

incomes to continue to fully participate.) If we found researchers should make use of our collectioni

our net worth expanding, we might more easily ILONA LOSER

imagine expansion of our mission. I recommend Cross Plains, WIhaving one or two meetings of the board each year, sothat more might be accomplished. As things stand I think the mystery insect in the photo on page 4 of

the October 2007 newsletter is Lepidophora lepidoceranow, there is no active governance process happening.

I hope you will tell your new president, Phil or Scaly Bee Fly. I have seen this fly in our yard (onePellitteri, what you would like our organization to time) in August 2006 and managed to get a few photos ataccomplish. He can most easily be reached by email the time. An image is posted here:at: pellitte@entomology.wisc.edu http://bugguide.net{node{viewf68479(byimage

i . RON HUBER

Minneapolis, MNJust received the latest issue of WES NEWSLETTER.

CLASSIC VERSION OF THE The notation that the insect is less than 5mm long had

AND THE GRASSHOPPER me puzzled. Should that be 15mm? I have seen these

"The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer "bee flies" in the field many times, and they are certainlylong, building his house and laying up suppliesfor the longer than 5mm. Family Bombyllidae, and then severalwinter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is afool and references give different subfamilies, but . usuallylaughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come Toxophorinae, and genus Lepidophora. Again, somewinter, the ant is warm and wellfed. The grasshopper sources say only two species, others say seven species.has nofood or shelter so he dies out in the cold." apparently the most common species is Lepidophora

MORAL OF THE STORY: lutea, which I believe this one most resembles. As

Be responsiblefor yourself? always, thanks for the challengel §§

Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - February 2008 Page 6

Autumn 2007 Back at home and in the

Iwasteaching a natural history evening, I removed the lid on the jarclass on "Reading the Land- to aRow the moth a Ry at night. Iscape" and we were hiking on didn't want it to beat its wings to

one of Door County's most pristine Art c e and Photo by Pau Regn er pieces inside the jar. In thebeaches in Newport State Park; morning, I wasn't as lucky inEurope Bay beach. Even though the finding it. In fact, it couldn't beday was a muddy gray, our spirits found. I thought the worst-maybe

were more aligned with everyone's my 110 pound black lab had acolorful array of rain gear. Good lepidopteron snack last night, butrain gear was not an option today. he didn't look very guilty, so IThis was our second day afield and dismissed this notion. I searched aswe casually walked on the un- much as I could before class, but noinhabited, quiet beach. On our left, rare moth. The news of the 'lost

dunes of golden glacial sands, dotted moth' was not good for my class.with sedges and wormwood, graded After another great day of natural-

into a forest of paper birch, red oak, el afŽ£ ad izing in Door County's natural areasand white pine. To our right, Lake Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha labruscae) I returned home in search of aMichigan's water leisurely lapped 10/2/07, Door County, Newport State Park moth. I frantically looked behindonto the saturated shore. A gentle Wingspan 4-1/2 in. and on top of everything; enter-

wind brought waves of fine droplets tainment center, refrigerator etc.,cooling the cheeks of our small band to identify it. I wasn't very success- places I should clean some year...butof active hikers. What a day! But ful. I could find moths closely no green moth. The next night wasthen again, it's the adverse weather resembling the shape, but not the the same-no moth. After the thirddays that can impart lasting color or markings. I was stumped. I night, and at nearly 4:00 a.m. in thememories. Optimism is a little wet knew who I could contact to identify morning, I heard a fluttering sound.today. Wildlife activity, especially the this mysterious moth. I emailed Alas, a lost moth is found! I hurried

anticipatedmigratingwaterfowl,was Janice Stiefel and sent along a to the fluttering sound in thenoticeably sparse and the fall photograph. She was excited and kitchen. What a relief, I thought. Butcolorama was muted by midtone would get back to me as soon as she before I reached the darkenedgrays and limited visibility. My mind could. kitchen I knew I had been fooledharbored a quick thought of how Duringitsfirstnightatmyhome, with the flutter...it was the paddleuneventful this morning may be, the mystery moth flew out of its glass from my electric bread maker churn-when Ken, a retired minister, abode. I'm not sure how long it was ing dough that resembled the flight

spotted something in the damp sand. out or where it had gone but believe of the moth! With a few self defeat-"What is that?" I looked his way and me when he roamed into my ing comments to myself, I wanted tosaw what caught his attention. I bedroom there was no question as to just turn back to my warm and cozyreached down and glanced at the what startled me; its wing beats were bed, but instead I decide to lookfairly large, soft green creature with rapid and loud. It awoke me a little around a bit. After a quick look,angular wings-like the shape of a past 3:00 a.m. and landed on my through the wee hours of the morn-stealth fighter plane. I picked it up bedroom curtain, where it stayed ing, and scurrying around, I finallyand with amazement, looked a little until I got up. I easily transferred it spotted the moth resting on my dog'scloser. Beads of water rolled off his back to the glass jar for the day. bed in the middle of the living room.fuzzy coat. It was alive and in Thenextmorning,andduringmy Itlookedbarelyalive.Butwhata

excellent shape, like it recently class, my cell phone began to relief! I returned the rare lost motheclosed from a cocoon. By now vibrate; I recognized Janice's phone to a lidded home. Too awake to

everyone was standing around number.Withgreatexcitementinher sleep, I greeted the day with a pre-admiring this creature of the beach. voice, she explained that she made sunrise walk with Lucki, who by now"I don't know, kind of looks like a some contacts in the insect world gave me a very perplexing look fromhummingbird moth?" I gently and was thrilled to report that we beneath the round oak kitchen table.exposed its underwing to see a had truly an uncommon moth, a Fortunately canines don't talk.miniature rainbow of color. We DOOR COUNTY record and we had I brought the rare Door County

continued to hike. I placed our new a name for this unknown creature: visitor to my natural history class forfind on my yellow rain jacket and the Gaudy Sphinx (Eumorpha a last look and lots of photos. It'sthat's where it clasped on for the labruscae). Janice emphasized that amazing the magnitude of attentionnext hour and a half. I took the I was to keep this moth and submit somethingreceiveswhenwediscoverbeautiful mystery moth home. After the specimen for positive record. or label it as rare or uncommon. Byphotographing, I placed my new Apparently photographs are not as late that morning, the Sphinx wasvisitor in one of my Monarch acceptable as proof anymore. The lifeless. After class, I brought the

butterfly rearing jars. Next, I last known Gaudy Sphinx was found rarity to Janice's house, who sent itgathered all my Lep books together in Milwaukee on October 15, 1938! Please see.SURPRISE, Page 12

Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - February 200S Page 7

2007VISCONSINLEPIDOPTERASEASONSUNHARY. , Compiled by Leslie A. Ferge

O RIBUTORS CITED: James A. Ebner (JAE), Leslie A. Ferge (LAF), Kyle E. Johnson (KEJ), Paul Regnier (PR),Joan F. Rickert (JFR), Tom Rocheleau (TR), Janice J. Stiefel (JJS), Scott & Ann Swengel (SAS).

GENERAL COMMENTS: Jim Ebner experienced an amazing season for southern migrant butterflies in SE Wisconsin, with stunningnumbers of Hylephila phyleus, a massive outbreak of Vanessa atalanta in late spring, and the strongest showing of Junonia coeniain memory. Les Ferge reported drought conditions in northern Wisconsin, with water levels in the bogs the lowest in memory.Although hot and dry conditions prevailed in southern Wisconsin, the drought was not as prolonged or severe as in the north. Fergerecorded the largest number of stray and migratory moth species he ever found in a single season, and documented many speciesof migrant butterflies. The Noctuid moths Anticarsia gemmatalis, Anomis erosa and Mocis texana were widespread, with recordsfrom several counties. Although there were a few late-season episodes of near-freezing temperatures in southern Wisconsin, mildweather conditions allowed migrants to persist through the end of October. Striacosta albicosta (Western Bean Cutworm) continuesto spread throughout the state. Kyle Johnson reported a severe lack of winter snow cover until February, and a very advanced spring,with a large number of early records. Spring bog/peatland species were ahead of average by 1-2 weeks or more. Many southernstrays were found. Scott and Ann Swengel reported that summer was drier than average, with severe drought in northwesternWisconsin. Several spring species, including Oenets chryxus, had short flights. Many immigrant butterflies were reported, withJunonia coenia seen statewide into October. Significant southward migrations of Vanessa atalanta and Nymphalis antiopa wereobserved in September, with over 67 antiopa seen in Bayfield County. Danaus plexippus was abundant by late May in northernWisconsin, especially in Douglas and Bayfield County bogs, just like in 2006, with above average numbers this summer. Populauondeclines were noted for a number of species. Only one individual of Erynnis martialis was seen on each of three dates in BurnettCounty. Chlosyne gorgone has been declining widely since 1986, with low numbers seen of both broods in Burnett County and thesummer brood in Jackson County. Speyeria idalla numbers were below average to average, with the lowest numbers since 1998 atMuralt Prairie, but high numbers in Iowa County at Barneveld Prairie and Deer Valley Golf Course. None were seen at Pine Islandin Columbia County for the first time since 1994. New county records are indicated by CAPITAL letters.

SPECIES NAME COUNTY LOCALITY DATE 1 DATE 2 CONTRIBUTORBUTTERFLIES COMMENTSFamily HESPERIIDAE

Erynnis funeralis PORTAGE N end of Buena Vista WA 4-Aug-2007 SAS(sighted white margin on HW)

Erynnis baptisiae Grant Rutledge 28-Sep-2007 28-Sep-2007 LAFPyrgus communis La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Jun-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFPyrgus communis WAUKESHA Okauchee 26-Sep-2007 JAEPholisora catullus La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 21-May-2007 LAFPholisora catullus Washington Loew's Lake 9-Jul-2007 JAEOarisma powesheik Waukesha Kettle Moraine SF nr. Eagle 8-Jul-2007 JAEHylephila phyleus Crawford Prairie du Chien 8-Sep-2007 LAFHylephila phyleus Grant Rutledge 28-Sep-2007 LAFHylephila phyleus Green Albany 23-Sep-2007 LAFHylephila phyleus Iowa Avoca 29-Jul-2007 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Hylephila phyleus La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 6-Aug-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFHylephila phyleus Lafayette Hardscrabble Prairie SNA 29-Jul-2007 LAF

Hylephila phyleus ONEIDA 1 mi. SW of St. Germain 12-Aug-2007 LAFHylephila phyleus Rock Beloit 23-Sep-2007 LAFHylephila phyleus WALWORTH Beulah Bog Trail 24-Sep-2007 LAF,Hylephila phyleus Waukesha Okauchee 24-Jul-2007 30-Oct-2007 JAE

Hesperia comma laurentina Oneida 1 mi. SW of St. Germain 12-Aug-2007 LAFPolites origenes LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Jun-2007 LAFPolites origenes Lafayette Hardscrabble Prairie SNA 15-Jul-2007 LAFAtalopedes campestris LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Sep-2007 LAFLerodea eufala LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Sep-2007 LAFFamily PAPILIONIDAEBattus philenor WAUKESHA Okauchee 6-Jul-2007 JAEPapilio cresphontes Waukesha Okauchee 24-Jul-2007 10-Sep-2007 JAEEurytides marcellus Milwaukee Oak Creek 28-Aug-2007 JAEFamily PIERIDAEPontia protodice Ashland 10-Jun-2007 SASPontia protodice Crawford 8-Jul-2007 SASPontia protodice Douglas 9-Jun-2007 SASPontia protodice Iowa Avoca 21-Oct-2007 LAFPontia protodice Iron 10-Jun-2007 SASPontia protodice La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Jun-2007 6-Aug-2007 LAFPontia protodice Portage Buena Vista WA 15-Jul-2007 SASEurema lisa Grant Jamestown Twp. 29-Jul-2007 LAF

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Eurema lisa Green 8-Jul-2007 SASEurema lisa Iowa Avoca 17-Jul-2007 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Eurema lisa Juneau Lyndon Station 7-Aug-2007 7-Aug-2007 LAFEurema lisa LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Jun-2007 3-Oct-2007 LAFEurema lisa Marinette 16-Jun-2007 SAS

Eurema nicippe ÏOWA Avoca 11-Sep-2007 21-Oct-2007 LAFNathalis iole Iowa Avoca 29-Jul-2007 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Nathalis iole Jackson Bauer-Brockway Barrens SNA '7-Aug-2007 LAFNathalis iole Jackson 3-Sep-2007 SASNathalis iole La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 12-Sep-2007 3-Oct-2007 LAFNathalis iole MONROE Sparta Twp. 20-Sep-2007 LAFNathalis iole Portage 3-Sep-2007 SASNathalis iole Sauk 28-Aug-2007 . SASNathalis iole Waukesha Okauchee 13-Sep-2007 JAENathalis iole Waukesha Okauchee 13-Sep-2007 28-Sep-2007 JAENathalis iole Wood 20-Jul-2007 SAS

Family LYCAENIDAE

Lycaena dione Portage Buena Vista WA . 30-Jun-2007 15-Jul-2007 SASLycaena hyllus La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 12-Sep-2007 LAFLycaena hyllus Waukesha Okauchee 13-Sep-2007 27-Sep-2007 JAE

Lycaena epixanthe michiganensis Ashland Glidden Bog 30-Jun-2007 LAFLycaena dorcas Forest Nicolet National Forest 29-Jun-2007 22-Jul-2007 SASLycaena dorcas Iron Caroline Lake 23-Jun-2007 26-Jul-2007 SASLycaena dorcas Marinette 7-Jul-2007 22-Jul-2007 SASLycaena dorcas Price 7-Jul-2007 SASLycaena helloides Burnett Crex Meadows 21-Jul-2007 SAS

Lycaena helloides Sauk Mirror Lake State Park 28-Aug-2007 SASSatyrium titus Milwaukee Oak Creek 24-Jul-2007 JAECallophrys gryneus Sauk Mirror Lake State Park 11-Jul-2007 SASCallophrys gryneus Waukesha Kettle Moraine SF nr. Eagle 25-May-2007 31-May-2007 JAECallophrys augustinus WASHBURN Crystal Swamp 29-Apr-2007 KEJCallophrys irus Jackson Jackson County Forest 6-May-2007 29-May-2007 SASCallophrys frus Wood 22-May-2007 SASCallophrys henrici Adams Adams Twp. 22-Apr-2007 KEJCallophrys henrici Jackson Jackson County Forest 11-May-2007 22-May-2007 SASCallophrys niphon clarki Sheboygan E of Division Rd.nr. Dundee JAECallophrys niphon clarki Sheboygan Kettle Moraine SF nr. Dundee 22-May-2007 JAEStrymon melinus LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Sep-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFLycaeides idas Marinette Shrine Rd. 16-Jun-2007 22-Jul-2007 SAS

(nonefound at Oconto County locality)Lycaeides melissa samuelis Burnett 8-Jun-2007 22-Aug-2007 SAS

(very low #s in both broods, probably due to drought)

Lycaeides melissa samuelis Jackson 17-May-2.007 22-Aug-2007 SASPlebejus saepiolus Douglas 22-Jun-2007 SASPlebejus saepiolus Marinette Shrine Rd. 3O-Jun-2007 SASFamily LIBYTHEIDAE

Libytheana carinenta Dane Middleton (Ferge backyard) 6-Jul-2007 6-Jul-2007 LAFFamily NYMPHALIDAEPolygonia faunus Douglas 12-May-2007 SAS

(observed several times ovipositing on Dwarf Btrch)Nymphalis vau-album Sauk Baxter's Hollow 11-Jul-2007 SASVanessa cardui Iowa Avoca 17-Jul-2007 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Vanessa cardul Waukesha Okauchee 23-Aug-2007 30-Oct-2007 JAEVanessa atalanta Waukesha Okauchee 8-May-2007 5-Oct-2007 JAEJunonia coenia Bayfield 9-Jun-2007 SASJunonia coenia Green Lake 5-Jun-2007 SASJunonia coenia Iowa Avoca 17-Jul-2007 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Junonia coenia La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Jun-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFJunonia coenia Lafayette Hardscrabble Prairie SNA 15-Jul-2007 LAFJunonia coenia ONEIDA 1 mi. SW of St. Germain 12-Aug-20O7 LAF

Junonia coenia Portage Buena Vista WA 8-Sep-2007 SASJunonia coenia WALWORTH Beulah Bog Trail 24-Sep-2007 LAFJunonia coenia Waukesha Okauchee 8-Jun-2007 23-Oct-2007 JAE

Euptoieta claudia Burnett 8-Jun-2007 SASEuptoleta claudia Grant Rutledge 28-Sep-2007 LAFEuptoieta claudia Green Albany 23-Sep-2007 LAF

Euptoieta claudia Portage 13-Aug-2007 SAS

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Euptoleta claudia TAYLOR Medford I1-Jun-2007 12-Jun-2007 JFRSpeyeria idalla Portage Buena Vista WA 30-Jun-2007 3-Aug-2007 SASBoloria freija Douglas Summit Twp. 29-Apr-2007 KEJ

( early recordfor Great Lakes states and probably any region)

Boloria characlea grandis Douglas Oakland & Summit Twps. 28-Jul-2007 10-Aug-2007 SASLimenitis arthemis x astyanax Taylor Medford 29-Jun-2007 JFRAsterocampa celtis TAYLOR Medford 15-Jul-2OO7 JFRCoenonympha tullia inornata Jackson 29-May-2007 SAS

(common on barrens)

Coenonympha tullia inornata LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Jun-2007 LAFCoenonympha tullia inornata Wood 3 mi. NW of Babcock 5-Jun-2007 SASErebia discoidalis Douglas NW of Solon Springs 12-May-2007 SAS

(28 individuals seen in seven sites)

Oeneis chryxus Douglas 12-May-2007 25-May-2007 SASOeneis chryxus Marinette Dunbar Barrens 19-May-2007 SASDanaus plexippus La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 21-May-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFDanaus plexippus Waukesha Okauchee 18-May-2007 5-Oct-2007 JAEMOTHS

Family OECOPHORIDAEAgonopterix curvilineela GRANT Sandy Hook 4-Mar-2007 KEJAgonopterix curvilineela SAUK Hemlock Draw 18-Feb-2007 KEJAgonopterix clemensella GRANT Sandy Hook 4-Mar-2007 KEJAgonopterix atrodorsella SHAWANO Navarino SWA 3-Jan-2007 KEJAgonopterix eupatorfiella DANE Madison School Forest 7-Apr-2007 KEJAgonopterix eupatoritella GRANT Sandy Hook 4-Mar-2007 KEJAgonopterix eupatorfiella KENOSHA New Munster SWA 15-Jan-2007 KEJAgonopterix pulvipennella SAUK Baxter's Hollow lO-Feb-2OO7 KEJAgonopterix pulvipennella DOOR Gardner Swamp 27-Dec-2007 KEJ

Agonopterix nigrinotella SHAWANO Navarino SWA 3-Jan-2007 KEJAgonopterix argillacea SHAWANO Navarino SWA 26-Mar-2007 KEJDepressariodes cinifionella BURNETT Crex Meadows 3-Nov-2007 KEJSemioscopis inornata DOUGLAS Douglas County SWA 29-Apr-2OO7 KEJSemioscopis megamierella WAUSHARA White River SFA 29-Mar-2007 KEJSemioscopis aurorella DANE Madison 30-Mar-2007 KEJSemioscopis aurorella SHAWANO Navarino SWA 26-Mar-2OO7 KEJ

(possible STATE RECORD)Semioscopis aurorella WAUSHARA White River SFA 29-Mar-2007 KEJFamily GLYPHIPTERIGIDAEGlyphipterix haworthana RUSK Big Falls Twp. 29-Apr-2OO7 KEJ

(early record for WI )

Glyphipterix haworthana SAWYER S of Radisson 29-Apr-2007 KEJGlyphipterix haworthana WASHBURN Crystal Swamp 29-Apr-2007 KEJFamily TORTRICIDAERhyacionia granti ADAMS Adams Twp. 22-Apr-2007 KEJPseudexentera vaccinii DOUGLAS Summit Twp. 29-Apr-2007 KEJEpinotia septemberana MARATHON E of Wausau 5-Sep-2007 KEJSereda tautana ADAMS Adams Twp. 22-Apr-2007 KEJAcleris forbesana SHAWANO Navarino SWA 26-Mar-2007 KEJ

Acleris oxycoccana ADAMS Quincy Bluff 13-Nov-2007 KEJAcleris oxycoccana BURNETT Crex Meadows 3-Nov-2OO7 KEJAcleris oxycoccana DOUGLAS Summit Twp. 29-Apr-2007 KEJAcleris oxycoccana FOREST MacAurthur Pine Bog I1-Nov-2007 KEJAcleris oxycoccana MARATHON E of Wausau 5-Sep-2007 KEJAcleris oxycoccana RACINE near Burlington 15-Apr-2007 KEJAcleris oxycoccana SHAWANO Navarino SWA 3-Jan-2007 KEJ

(out and flying|)

Acleris oxycoccana WALWORTH Beulah Bog 15-Apr-2007 KEJAcleris oxycoccana WASHBURN Crystal Swamp 29-Apr-2007 KEJAcleris cellana DOOR Gardner Swamp 24-Mar-2007 KEJ

Family PYRALIDAEMimoschinia rufofascialis La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Jul-2007 19-Jul-2007 LAFFamily GEOMETRIDAE STATE RECORDArchiearis infans SHAWANO Navarino SWA 26-Mar-2007 KEJ

(flying erratically; late afternoon)Macaria truncataria Oneida TNT Speedway Bog 9-Jul-2007 KEJ

(late record for WI; many fresh individuals)

Macaria truncataria RUSK Big Falls Twp. 29-Apr-2007 KEJ

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Macaria truncataria WASHBURN Crystal Swamp 29-Apr-2007 KEJMacaria pinistrobata Door Baileys Harbor 13-Jul-2007 JJSMacaria oweni WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 29-May-2OO7 24-Jun-2007 LAFDigrammia eremiata LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 8-May-2OO7 5-Jul-2OO7 LAFDigrammia denticulata LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 8-May-2007 22-Aug-2007 LAFDigrammia ocellinata LA CROSSE Woods E of La Crosse Airport 8-May-2007 21-May-2007 LAFLycia ursaria COLUMBIA Pardeeville 29-Mar-2007 (rather early date) KEJPaleacrita'merricata COLUMBIA Jennings Creek SWA 26-Mar-2007 LAFPaleacrita merricata Waushara White River SFA . 29-Mar-2OO7 KEJApodrepanulatrix liberaria LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Sep-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFErastria coloraria LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Jun-2007 5-Jul-2OO7 LAFHethemia pistasciaria WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 29-May-2OO7 LAFMesothea incertata WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 29-May-2007 LAFCyclophora nanaria DANE Mazomanie Wildlife Area 16-Oct-2007 LAFEpirrita autumnata henshawi Richland Gotham 16-Oct-2007 21-Oct-2007 LAFOperophtera bruceata BURNETT Crex Meadows 3-Nov-2007 4-Nov-2007 KEJOperophtera bruceata FLORENCE Jaquet Lake area 10-Nov-2007 KEJ

(out &flying; hard frost on ground)Operophtera bruceata FOREST Popple River 10-Nov-2007 KEJ

(out and flying during snow shower)Eupithecia ammonata LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Jun-2007 LAFFamily EPIPLEMIDAE (second state record, det. G. J. Balogh)Callezzia amorata TAYLOR Medford 24-Aug-2007 JFRFamily LASIOCAMPIDAE

Tolype laricis WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 23-Sep-2007 LAFFamily SATURNIIDAEAnisota senatoria LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 19-Jul-2OO7 LAFFamily SPHINGIDAECeratomia catalpae LA CROSSE Coulee Experimental Forest 20-Sep-2007 LAFSphinx gordius Walworth Beulah Bog SNA 29-May-2007 24-Jun-2007 LAFEumorpha achemon LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 22-Aug-2007 LAFEumorpha labruscae DOOR Newport S.P.Europe Bay Beach 2-Oct-2007 PR

(found alive laying on beach, second state record; sole previous record from Milwaukee in 1938)Family ARCTHDAE

Holomelina lamae Ashland Glidden Bog 30-Jun-2007 LAFHolomelina lamae BAYFIELD Bog NW of Dells Lake 30-Jun-2007 LAFHolomelina lamae VILAS Eagle River area 9-Jul-2007 KEJGrammia phyllira LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 21-May-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFGrammia oithona LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Jun-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFCycnia inopinatus LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 21-May-2007 22-Aug-2007 LAFFamily NOCTUIDAE

Macrochilo orciferalis Door Baileys Harbor 18-Jul-2007 JJSTetanolita mynesalis SAUK Bakkens Pond Wildlife Area 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Tetanolita floridana Green Albany 23-Sep-2007 LAFTetanolita floridana ROCK Avon 23-Sep-2007 LAFPalthis asopialis WALWORTH Beulah Woods 23-Sep-2007 LAFColobochyla interpuncta Kenosha Kenosha Dunes SNA 14-Jun-2007 LAFHypenodes palustris WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 24-Jun-2007 14-Jul-2007 LAFTathorhynchus exsiccatus LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Sep-2007 LAFPhytometra ernestinana LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 8-May-2007 8-May-2007 LAFLedaea perditalis LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 8-May-2007 21-May-2007 LAFAnomis erosa LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Sep-2007 LAFAnomis erosa RICHLAND Gotham 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Anomis erosa ROCK Avon 23-Sep-2007 LAFAnomis erosa SAUK Bakkens Pond Wildlife Area 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Anticarsia gemmatalis DOUGLAS Wisconsin Point 4-Oct-2007 LAFAnticarsia gemmatalis IOWA Avoca 16-Oct-2007 LAFAnticarsia gemmatalis RICHLAND Gotham 16-Oct-2007 LAFAnticarsia gemmatalis TAYLOR Medford 5-Oct-2007 JFRLesmone detrahens LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 19-Jul-2007 LAFCaenurgia chloropha LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Sep-2007 STATE RECORD LAFMocis latipes ROCK Avon 23-Sep-2OO7 LAFMocis texana DANE Mazomanie Wildlife Area 16-Oct-2007 LAF

Mocis texana GREEN Albany 20-Oct-2007 LAFMocis texana LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 4-Sep-2007 LAFCatocala nuptialis LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 6-Aug-2007 22-Aug-2OO7 LAFCatocala amestris La Crosse La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 19-Jul-2007 LAF

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Catocala connubialis LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 19-Jul-2007 LAFSyngrapha cryptica WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 29-May-2007 LAFThioptera nigrofimbria LA CROSSE Coulee Experimental Forest 20-Sep-2007 LAFAmyna octo DOUGLAS Wisconsin Point Rd. 4-Oct-2007 LAFAcronicta betulae LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 19-Jul-2007 LAF

Psychomorpha epiments WALWORTH vicinity of Lulu Lake 7-May-2007 JAEApamea unanimis LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Jun-2007 LAFApamea ophiogramma LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Jul-2007 LAF

Apamea burgessi LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 4-Sep-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFLemmeria digitalis Walworth Beulah Bog SNA 23-Sep-2007 LAFSelicanis cinereola LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 3-Oct-2007 LAFPapaipema cerina LA CROSSE Coulee Experimental Forest 20-Sep-2007 LAFPapaipema cataphracta LA CROSSE Coulee Experimental Forest 20-Sep-2007 LAFPapaipema lysimachiae Door Baileys Harbor 3-Sep-2007 JJSPapaipema baptisiae DOUGLAS Wisconsin Point 4-Oct-2007 LAF

Papaipema appassionata WALWORTH Beulah Bog 7-Sep-2007 KEJPapaipema necopina DOUGLAS Wisconsin Point 4-Oct-2007 LAFFagitana littera WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 29-May-2007 LAFMagusa orbifera LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 22-Aug-2007 LAFCaradrina extima LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Jun-2007 LAFCondica sutor DOUGLAS Wisconsin Point Rd. 4-Oct-2007 LAFXylena curvimacula SHAWANO Navarino SWA 26-Mar-2007 KEJHomogiaea hircina SHAWANO Navarino SWA 26-Mar-2007 KEJLithophane bethunei BROWN East River Trail 25-Mar-2007 KEJLithophane fagina SHAWANO Navarino SWA 26-Mar-2007 KEJEupsilia devia DOOR Gardner Swamp 24-Mar-2007 KEJEupsilia devia LA CROSSE Coulee Experimental Forest 3-Oct-2007 LAFEpiglaea aptata WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 23-Sep-2007 LAFPsaphida styracis WAUSHARA White River SFA 29-Mar-2007 KEJHomohadena badistriga DOOR Baileys Harbor 3-Jul-2007 JJSHomohadena badistriga LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 5-Jul-2007 LAFCalophasia lunula Door Baileys Harbor 14-May-2007 JJSHadena capsularis LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 21-May-2007 20-Jun-2007 LAFCoranarta luteola WASHBURN Crystal Swamp 29-Apr-2007 KEJ

Faronta rubripennis LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 6-Aug-2007 22-Aug-2007 LAFOrthosia revicta Door Baileys Harbor 20-Apr-2007 JJSOrthosia segregata BROWN Red Banks Alvar SNA 21-Apr-2007 LAFOrthosia segregata Door Baileys Harbor 2-May-2007 JJSFeltia manifesta LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 8-May-2007 STATE RECORD LAFEucoptocnemis fimbriaris LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 12-Sep-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFEuxoa medialis GREEN Albany 23-Sep-2007 . LAFEuxoa nivellinea LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Sep-2007 LAFStriacosta albicosta DOUGLAS Wisconsin Point 4-Oct-2007 LAF

Striacosta albicosta GREEN Albany Wildlife Area 20-Oct-2007 LAFStriacosta albicosta IOWA Avoca 16-Oct-2007 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Striacosta albicosta LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 3-Oct-2007 LAFStriacosta albicosta MARQUETTE Westfleid 18-Oct-2007 LAFStriacosta albicosta RICHLAND Gotham 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Striacosta albicosta Rock Magnolia Bluff County Park 20-Oct-2007 LAFstriacosta albicosta SAUK Bakkens Pond Wildlife Area 21-Oct-2007 LAF

Xestia youngli WALWORTH Beulah Bog 7-Sep-2007 KEJHemipachnobia monochromatea WALWORTH Beulah Bog SNA 29-May-2007 9-Jun-2007 LAFUfeus plicatus Dane Madison (Rocheleau Residence) 25-Jan-2007 25-Jan-2007 TR

(specimenfound alive inside hose)Ufeus plicatus DOUGLAS Wisconsin Point 4-Oct-2007 LAF

(2 specimens at UV in woods along L. Superior shore)Pyrrhia adela Green Albany 23-Sep-2007 LAFPyrrhia adela LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 21-May-2007 LAFHeliothis subflexus LA CROSSE Kenosha Dunes SNA 14-Jun-2007 LAF

Heliothis subflexus LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Jun-2007 LAFHeliothis phloxiphagus LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 8-May-2007 20-Jun-2007 LAFHeliothis acesias LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 6-Aug-2007 19-Jul-2007 LAFSchinia indiana Burnett Crex Meadows, Fish Lake WA 27-May-2007 8-Jun-2007 SASSchinia obscurata LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Jun-2007 20-Sep-2007 LAFSchinia sanguinea LA CROSSE . La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 6-Aug-2007 STATE RECORD LAFSchinia lucens LA CROSSE Holland Sand Prairie 1-Jul-2007 SAS

Schinia nundina LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 6-Aug-2007 22-Aug-2007 LAFSchinia tertia LA CROSSE La Crosse Airport Sand Prairie 20-Sep-2007 LAF

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