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Table 2 Top prey items consumed by nine bat species captured at caves in Tennessee throughout hibernation (October–April) 2012/2013 to 2017/2018

From: Feasting, not fasting: winter diets of cave hibernating bats in the United States

Prey OTUs

Bat speciesa

Order

Family

Species

CORA

EPFU

LABO

MYGR

MYLE

MYLU

MYSE

MYSO

PESU

All species (ranked)

Diptera

Chironomidae

Chironominae

   

8

      

Diptera

Drosophilidae

Drosophila tripunctata

       

8

  

Diptera

Limoniidae

Dicranomyia

   

9

12

  

18

 

1

Diptera

Limoniidae

Limoniidae

1

  

8

      

Diptera

Limoniidae

Ormosia rubella

        

3

 

Diptera

Mycetophilidae

Sciophila

        

3

 

Diptera

Psychodidae

Psychoda

    

10

     

Diptera-309

       

2

    

Diptera-341

     

16

18

  

22

3

2

Ephemeroptera

Ephemeridae

Hexagenia limbata

       

7

  

Hemiptera

Aphididae

Grylloprociphilus imbricator

       

8

  

Hemiptera

Derbidae

Omolicna uhleri

       

7

  

Lepidoptera

Acrolepiidae

Acrolepiopsis incertella

 

3

        

Lepidoptera

Blastobasidae

Pigritia laticapitella

 

3

        

Lepidoptera

Coleophoridae

Coleophora duplicis group

   

8

      

Lepidoptera

Cosmopteigidae

Perimede erransella

   

7

      

Lepidoptera

Crambidae

Palpita aenescentalis

2

         

Lepidoptera

Depressariidae

Agonopterix pulvipennella

3

         

Lepidoptera

Depressariidae

Machimia tentoriferella

    

10

  

12

 

8

Lepidoptera

Erebidae

Phoberia atomaris

2

     

3

   

Lepidoptera

Erebidae

Sigela brauneata

 

2

        

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Chionodes thoraceochrella

  

2

11

12

2

5

13

 

6

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Coleotechnites quercivorella

 

2

        

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Dichomeris

    

9

     

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Sinoe

 

2

        

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Sinoe chambersi

      

6

  

4

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Sitotroga cerealella

        

3

10

Lepidoptera

Geometridae

Melanolophia canadaria

 

2

        

Lepidoptera

Nepticulidae

Ectoedemia grandisella

 

2

        

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Chrysodeixis includens

 

2

        

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Eupsilia cirripalea

3

         

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Lithophane grotei

3

         

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Sericaglaea signata

4

         

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Xestia elimata

3

         

Lepidoptera

Notodontidae

Heterocampa guttivitta

      

6

   

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Argyrotaenia velutinana

 

4

  

9

     

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Chimoptesis gerulae

      

3

   

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Decodes basiplagana

 

2

        

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Pandemis limitata

    

11

     

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Pseudexentera cressoniana

      

7

   

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Pseudexentera sepia

2

     

6

   

Lepidoptera-609

        

3

   

Neuroptera

Hemerobiidae

Hemerobius

   

7

14

 

4

7

  

Unidentified-1074

     

7

     

9

Unidentified-1081

     

8

     

7

Unidentified-1092

           

5

Unidentified-1123

      

12

 

3

  

3

Unidentified-1179

          

4

 

Unidentified-1230

  

3

         
  1. Numbers below each species acronym represent the total number of individuals found to have consumed the corresponding prey OTU. Prey OTUs that were not identified beyond Order or not identified, but were determined to be genetically distinct, are denoted with a unique ID number
  2. aCORA = Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque’s big-eared bat), EPFU = Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat), LABO = Lasiurus borealis (red bat), LANO = Lasionycteris noctivagans (silver-haired bat), MYGR = Myotis grisescens (gray bat); MYLE = Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed bat), MYLU = Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat), MYSE = Myotis septentrionalis (northern long-eared bat), MYSO = Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat), PESU = Perimyotis subflavus (tri-colored bat)