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(Lepidoptera) Inhabiting the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area, Wayne and Ashland Counties, Ohio1 Survey of the Moths (Lepidoptera) Inhabiting the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area, Wayne and Ashland Counties, Ohio1 R. N. WILLIAMS, R. W. RINGS, M. S. ELLIS, AND D. S. FICKLE, Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691 ABSTRACT. In 1995, the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area was the subject of an ongoing series of insect surveys intended to establish benchmark information on arthropod diversity of wetlands in northeast Ohio. This article concentrates on the moths which were collected at ultraviolet light traps within the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area. A companion report will follow focusing on the Coleoptera along with several orders of aquatic insects. 3252 specimens were identified to 306 species in 19 families. These species are classified as follows: Abundant = 34; Locally Abundant = 1; Common = 257; Locally Common = 2; Uncommon = 10; Rare = 1; and Special Interest = 1. OHIO J. SCI. 97 (3): 34-39, 1997 INTRODUCTION Army Corps of Engineers. All the land behind the dam, The Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area was founded in 1991 below an elevation of 294 m, is under flood easement. with the initial purchase of land. The fact that this Wild- As a result, 3560 ha, including the Funk Bottoms Wildlife life Area is so new only magnifies the importance of Area, make up this wetland. There is relatively little area understanding the species existing there and what effect (around 80 ha) of permanently wet soils (marsh) within environmental changes might have upon them. This the easement area. However, hundreds to thousands of Wildlife Area currently consists of 467 ha which will be hectares may be inundated for periods of days to several expanded as funds and lands become available. It is lo- months at any time of the year depending on rainfall cated approximately 13 km west-southwest of Wooster and the need to control down stream flooding within the and lies between Blachleyville (Wayne County) and Watershed District. Most of the private lands in this Lake Fork (Ashland County), Ohio, bisected by State region consist of row crops, pasture or woodlots. Route 95. This report concentrates on the moths which were In 1995, the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area was the sub- collected at ultraviolet light traps. Another report will ject of an ongoing series of insect surveys intended to follow focusing on the Coleoptera and aquatic insects establish benchmark information on diversity of wet- from several orders. lands in northeast Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife chose this area MATERIALS AND METHODS because of its quality wetland habitat and the associated Two sites were selected within the main section of wildlife species found here. A variety of nesting and the current Wildlife Area, just southeast of Funk, off migrant birds occupy this area. The first recorded nest- State Route 95. The first site is located adjacent to a house ing of the state-endangered sandhill crane in over 60 on the area headquarters within a rather steep-sloping years was confirmed in the area in 1988. The insects of woodlot facing the wetland. This site, designated "House" the Funk Bottoms have never been studied, and because in our collections, is approximately 3 m higher in eleva- insects are the most abundant of all animals, this project tion than a nearby flood easement marker. The wooded is important as this area begins to revert back to a wet- House site is near a large barn, a natural spring which land. During 1993 and 1994, similar surveys were con- feeds an adjacent 0.6 ha pond, and is bordered by a ducted in the Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area (Williams et al. large, maintained turf area (yard), and an adjacent pas- 1994, 1995). As a result, nearly 1,000 insect species were ture. The second site, called "Ditch", is surrounded by collected, identified by specialists, and catalogued for wetland and, in recent years, was flooded throughout future reference. the winter months and early spring, depending on the The Wildlife Area consists of moderately rolling Mohicanville Dam water level. The Ditch site is next to topography within the Muskingum Watershed Con- the Kiser Ditch, a permanent, dredged, slow-flowing, servancy District in the glaciated central hills region of shallow waterway which drains into the Muddy Fork of central Ohio. Most of the wildlife area is periodically- the Lake Fork of the Mohican River. These two sites re- flooded, moist soil meadows, and bottomland hard- present a broad range of ecological niches and should woods. Area flooding is controlled by the Mohicanville yield the greatest diversity of this relatively small wetland. "Dry" Dam, built in 1936, and maintained by the U. S. Two sets of blacklight traps were used throughout this survey. One light trap was set out at each site (House 'Manuscript received 3 February 1997 and in revised form 20 May and Ditch) on April 12, 1995, and collections were made 1997 (#97-03). weekly through November 6, 1995, when they were OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE R. N. WILLIAMS, ET AL. 35 removed. Each week the light trap batteries were re- 3 to 10 specimens collected annually. If only 1 or 2 charged and engaged in the late afternoon for an specimens are collected annually, the species is desig- overnight run, and trapped specimens were collected nated "Rare." Special Interest species may be local, very the following morning. A Vapona strip and a small, slow rare, or Ohio is on the extreme edge of its natural, release vial of chloroform were used as killing agents to geographic range making it vulnerable to identifiable prevent large insects such as May beetles (Phyllophagd) threats. and strong moths from destroying fragile specimens. Upon removal, insects were frozen until they could be RESULTS AND DISCUSSION separated and identified. A total of 3252 specimens was collected in 1995 For the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area, the moth species which has been identified to 306 species in 19 families. were classified within derived categories of abundance. All moth species identified are listed in Table 1. The 306 The categories include: "Abundant" designates species moth species collected from the Funk Bottoms in 1995 where annual collections exceed 50 specimens; "Locally are classified as follows: Abundant = 34; Locally Abun- Abundant" indicates only certain localities; "Common" dant = 1; Common = 257; Locally Common = 2; Uncommon designates annual collections of more than 11 speci- = 10; Rare = 1; and Special Interest = 1. These categorizations mens; "Locally Common" indicates only certain localities; are listed below each species as well as their respective "Uncommon" is used to describe species represented by Moths of North America (MONA) number and collection Table 1 A list of the Lepidoptera captured in the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area in 1995} APATELODIDAE Crambus leachellus (Zinck) C, 7146, 05/24 - 10/23/95 Apatelodes torrefacta (J. E. Smith) C, 5357, 05/07/95 Hydriomena transfigurata Swett C, 7663, 07/12/95 Crambus saltuellus Zeller C, 7237, 05/07 - 05/24/95 C, 5363, 05/07/95 Hypagyrtis unipunctata (Haworth) ARCTIIDAE Pediasia trisecta (Walker) C, 6654, 05/07 - 06/21/95 Apantesis phalerata (Harris) C, 5413, 07/27 - 08/30/95 Iridopsis larvaria (Guenee) C, 8169, 05/07 - 09/20/95 C, 6588, 05/24 - 07/27/95 Cisseps fulvicollis (Hiibner) DREPANIDAE Itame coortaria (Hulst) A, 8267, 06/25 - 10/23/95 Oreta rosea (Walker) A, 6299, 06/21/95 Cycnia tenera Hiibner C, 6255, 06/21 - 07/27/95 Itame pustularia (Guenee) C, 8230, 06/21 - 08/30/95 C, 6273, 07/27/95 Estigmene acrea (Drury) GEOMETRIDAE Itame subcessaria (Walker) C, 8131, 05/17 - 07/27/95 Anavitrinella pampinaria (Guenee) C, 6303, 07/19/95 Euchaetes egle (Drury) C, 6590, 05/07 - 08/09/95 Lambdina fervidaria athasaria (Walker) C, 8238, 07/12 - 07/19/95 Antepione thisoaria (Guenee) C, 6894, 05/24/95 Grammia virgo (L.) C, 6987, 05/24/95 Lytrosis unitaria (Herrich-Schaffer) C, 8197, 07/27/95 Anticlea vasiliata Guenee C, 6720, 07/05/95 Halysidota tessellaris (J. E. Smith) C, 7329, 05/17/95 Melanolophia canadaria (Guenee) A, 8203, 06/21 - 07/27/95 Besma quercivoraria (Guenee) C, 6620, 05/17 - 08/30/95 Haploa confusa (Lyman) C, 6885, 05/31/95 Mellilla xanthometata (Walker) C, 8112, 07/12 - 07/19/95 Biston betularia cognataria (Guenee) C, 6322, 07/12 - 08/30/95 Haploa lecontei (Guerin-Meneville) C, 6640, 08/09/95 Metarranthis hypochraria (Herrich-Schaffer) C, 8111, 07/12 - 07/27/95 Calothysanis amaturaria (Walker) C, 6826, 05/07 - 05/24/95 Hyphantria cunea (Drury) C, 7147, 07/27 - 08/30/95 Nemoria bistriaria Hubner A, 8140, 05/07 - 08/30/95 Campaea perlata (Guenee) C, 7046, 07/19 - 09/20/95 Hypoprepia fucosa Hubner C, 6796, 06/21 - 09/20/95 Nemoria mimosaria (Guenee) C, 8090, 07/27/95 Coryphista meadii (Packard) C, 7048, 05/31/95 Lophocampa caryae Harris U, 7290, 05/24/95 Orthonama obstipata (F.) C, 8211, 05/07 - 05/31/95 Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (Wollaston) C, 7414, 09/20/95 Phragmatobia fuliginosa rubricosa (Harris) C, 7416, 05/17 - 08/09/95 Pero honestaria (Walker) C, 8156, 07/19 - 08/30/95 Ecliptopera atricolorata (Grote & Robinson) C, 6753, 05/17 - 08/09/95 Pyrrharctia Isabella (J. E. Smith) U, 7214, 07/19/95 Pero hubneraria (Guenee) C, 8129, 08/30/95 Ennomos magnaria Guenee C, 6754, 05/07 - 07/19/95 Spilosoma latipennis Stretch C, 6797,10/16/95 Plagodis alcoolaria (Guenee) C, 8133, 06/21/95 Euchlaena johnsonaria (Fitch) C, 6844, 05/31 - 07/27/95 Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius) C, 6729, 06/21/95 Plagodis serinaria Herrich-Schaffer A, 8137, 05/07 - 10/23/95 Eulithis diversilineata (Hubner) C, 6840, 05/31/95 C, 7196, 09/20 - 10/23/95 Pleuroprucha insulsaria (Guenee) CRAMBIDAE Eupithecia miserulata Grote A, 7132, 10/23/95 Chrysoteuchia topiaria (Zeller) C, 7474, 08/23 - 08/30/95 Probole alienaria nyssaria (Guenee) C, 5391, 06/21 - 07/12/95 Eusarca confusaria Hubner C, 6837.1, 05/07/95 Crambus agitatellus Clemens C, 6941, 07/12 - 08/30/95 Probole amicaria (Herrich-Schaffer) C, 5362, 06/21 - 07/19/95 Haematopis grataria (F.) C, 6838, 05/31/95 36 MOTHS OF THE FUNK BOTTOMS VOL.
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