Minnesota Moths
Order Lepidoptera |
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Lepidoptera is the order of insects that is characterized by having four large wings; mouthparts adapting for sucking, the proboscis in the form of a long coiled tube; and wings and body completely or mostly covered by scales. The order includes butterflies, skippers, and moths. There are about 174,250 known Lepidoptera species in 126 families worldwide, 12,423 species in 82 families in North America north of Mexico, and at least 1,206 species in Minnesota. |
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No Taxonomic Rank: Moths |
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Differentiating moths and butterflies is complicated because on the tree of evolution (phylogenetically) butterflies are moths. Moths is a paraphyletic group, meaning that all are descendant from a common ancestor but not all of the descendants of that ancestor are moths. The order Lepidoptera was historically divided into four suborders.The suborders Aglossata, Heterobathmiina, and Zeugloptera were all moths. The suborder Glossata contained 44 superfamilies. Two of those superfamilies are butterflies, the remaining superfamilies are moths. Recently, lepidopterists have abandoned suborders and all other taxonomic ranks between orders and superfamilies. Moths have feathery or or thread-like antennae without knobs at the end. When at rest, moths hold their wings roof-like over their body, curled around their body, or flat against a support. All other differences have exceptions. Most moths fly at night, are smaller, and have drab wings. Most moths have one or more bristles (frenulum) and scales (retinaculum) that hold their forewings in contact with their hindwings. No butterflies have this feature. About 93% of Lepidoptera species are moths. According The Lepidopterist’s Society, there are about 127,600 moth species worldwide, about 10,850 species in North America. There may also be between 1,500 and 3,500 undescribed species, mostly micromoths (Microlepidoptera). There are at least 1,049 moth species found in Minnesota. |
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Recent Additions |
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Ailanthus webworm moth |
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Ailanthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea) is a small, native, ermine moth with a colorful appearance and an unusual history. It was formerly native to the tropical Americas, including southern Florida, Central America, and the Caribbean, where its larval hosts were paradise tree (Simarouba glauca) and Simarouba amara. In 1784, the Chinese tree of heaven was introduced into Philadelphia. The tree was fast growing and spread quickly. When it reached Florida in the 1850s, ailanthus webworm moth found it to be an acceptable host. The moths then began moving north to wherever their new host was found. Ailanthus webworm now occurs throughout the United States east of the Great Plains, and in southern Quebec and Ontario Canada. It is common in the eastern United States, uncommon but increasing in Minnesota. Tree of heaven, which is often planted as an ornamental in urban areas, remains the primary larval host, but larvae have also been found on avocado, Emory’s crucifixion-thorn, and sumac. Adults are found visiting flowers from May to October in Minnesota. They can’t survive northern winters, but they recolonize the northern range of tree of heaven every year. Although its range has recently expanded greatly, ailanthus webworm moth is not considered invasive by any state or province. Adults are 7⁄16″ to ⅝″ in length and have a 11⁄16″ to 13⁄16″ wingspan. The forewings are reddish-orange with four broad black bands filled with white or pale yellow spots of varying size. The bright pattern is thought to be a warning to predators of their unpalatability. The black areas have bluish-purple reflections. The hindwings are mostly translucent with black on the margins and black veins. |
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| Photo by Babette Kis | ||||
Horned spanworm moth |
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Horned spanworm moth (Nematocampa resistaria) is a small geometer moth. It occurs across the United States and southern Canada. In the U.S. it is common east of the Great Plains and in the northwest but is rare or absent elsewhere. Adults are found from early June to late September in deciduous and mixed forests and woodlands, in meadows, and in parks. Female forewings are whitish or cream-colored with reddish-brown lines and veins, numerous short horizontal lines, and a purplish-brown patch on the inner half of the wingtip. The hindwing is similar, but the entire tip of the wing is dark. The male is similar but smaller, is usually yellowish, and there is a dark brown blotch at the tip of the wing. The adult sometimes rests on the upper side of a leaf, where it resembles a dead leaf; on the underside of a leaf, where it resembles a dead patch; or on leaf litter on the ground, where it blends in with the background. The caterpillar is up to ¾″ long and is instantly recognizable. The ground color varies from yellow to brown and is heavily mottled with brown. On each of the first and second abdominal segments there is a pair of curled, extendable, white-tipped tentacles (filaments). The caterpillar often rests on an upper leaf surface with the body looped. It has been suggested that this mimics a fallen flower and its stamens. When alarmed, it inflates the filaments to twice their length. |
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Meal moth |
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Meal moth (Pyralis farinalis) is a small, broad-winged, triangular moth. It is cosmopolitan, occurring around the world, but is most common in Europe and the United States. It is found anywhere grain is processed or stored, including warehouses, barns, and most home pantries. It is not the only moth common to home pantries, nor is it the most common. That distinction belongs to Indian meal moth. Other common pantry moths are Mediterranean flour moth, brown house moth, and white shouldered house moth. Meal moth larva feed on cereals (plants in the grass family), grains (edible seeds of cereals), and vegetables, including potatoes. Adults do not feed and are short-lived. They mate as soon as possible after emerging, then die after nine or ten days. They rest with their wings spread wide, their abdomen raised at a right angle to the body, and their antennae folded back over the body. |
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Leafy spurge hawkmoth |
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Leafy spurge hawkmoth (Hyles euphorbiae) is a large exotic moth. It is native to Europe and western Asia. In the 1960s it was introduced into the United States to control leafy spurge, and separately into Canada to control leafy and cypress spurges. Hawkmoth populations are never large due to predation and disease, and they are susceptible to insecticides used to control grasshoppers. While the larvae can entirely defoliate a host plant, the damage to the host plant population is never significant. Since its introduction, leafy spurge hawkmoth has spread widely and its range continues to expand. It now occurs in the northern United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. It is found from late May through July in disturbed meadows and other grasslands with large populations of leafy spurge. Larvae feed on the foliage of leafy spurge and other members of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family. Adults feed on flower nectar. They hover like a hummingbird when visiting flowers. Leafy spurge hawkmoth is identified by its large size; pale tan forewings with a slight pinkish tinge; a squarish, olive-brown spot in the basal area and another in the median area; an olive-brown post-medial band; and black peppering in the pale areas. |
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Armyworm moth |
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Armyworm moth (Mythimna unipuncta), also called true armyworm and the white speck. is a migratory wainscot moth. It is medium-sized for a moth, large for a wainscot moth. It occurs in Europe, northern Africa, Iceland, North America, Central America, and northern South America. It is common throughout the United States and Canada, common and sometimes abundant in Minnesota. It does not survive cold winters. Adults migrate south in the fall and a later generation disperses north in the spring. Adults are found in Minnesota from March to November. Caterpillars feed on leaves and sometimes seed heads of mostly grains and other grasses, but also many broadleaf plants close to their infestations. After defoliating a stand of plants, they will move as a group to a nearby stand and resume feeding. They are often a serious agricultural pest, especially on wheat and corn. Armyworm moths are ¾″ to 1″ long. Their forewings are tan with dark peppering and a small but conspicuous white spot. The caterpillar is up to 2″ long. |
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Other Recent Additions |
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ipsilon dart (Agrotis ipsilon) eastern grass-veneer (Crambus laqueatellus) salt marsh moth (Estigmene acrea) confused eusarca (Eusarca confusaria) linden looper (Erannis tiliaria) |
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This list includes only moths that have been recorded in Minnesota, but not all of the moths found in Minnesota. |
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Abagrotis brunneipennis (Yankee dart) Abagrotis cupida (cupid dart) Abrostola urentis (spectacled nettle moth) Acentria ephemerella (water veneer) Achatodes zeae (elder shoot borer moth) Achyra rantalis (garden webworm moth) Acleris albicomana (red-edged acleris moth) Acleris chalybeana (lesser maple leafroller) Acleris cornana (dogwood leafroller) Acleris nigrolinea (black-lined acleris) Acleris oxycoccana (tortricine leafroller moth) Acleris placidana (North American black-headed birch leaffolder moth) Acleris spp. (tortricine leafroller moths) Acleris subnivana (bent-winged acleris moth) Acleris variana (eastern black-headed budworm moth) Acleris viburnana (viburnum acleris moth) Acrobasis angusella (hickory leafstem borer) Acrobasis betulella (birch tubemaker moth) Acrobasis comptoniella (sweetfern leaf casebearer) Acrobasis indigenella (leaf crumpler moth) Acrobasis rubrifasciella (alder tubemaker moth) Acrobasis spp. (knot-horn moths) Acrobasis tricolorella (destructive pruneworm moth) Acrobasis vaccinii (cranberry fruitworm moth) Acronicta afflicta (afflicted dagger moth) Acronicta americana (American dagger moth) Acronicta fallax (green marvel) Acronicta fragilis (fragile dagger) Acronicta funeralis (funerary dagger) Acronicta grisea (gray dagger) Acronicta impleta (powdered dagger) Acronicta impressa (impressive dagger) Acronicta innotata (unmarked dagger) Acronicta insita (large gray dagger) Acronicta insularis (marsh dagger) Acronicta interrupta (interrupted dagger) Acronicta lepusculina (cottonwood dagger) Acronicta lithospila (streaked dagger) Acronicta lobeliae (greater oak dagger) Acronicta morula (ochre dagger) Acronicta oblinita (smeared dagger) Acronicta spinigera (nondescript dagger) Acronicta superans (splendid dagger) Acronicta vinnula (delightful dagger) Acronicta vulpina (miller dagger) Actias luna (luna moth) Adaina ambrosiae (ragweed plume moth) Adela purpurea (purple fairy moth) Adoxophyes negundana (shimmering gold adoxophyes moth) Aellopos titan (titan sphinx) Aethes argentilimitana (silver-bordered aethes) Aethes biscana (reddish aethes) Aethes louisiana (Louisiana aethes moth) Aethes razowskii (Razowski’s aethes moth) Aethes sexdentata (six-toothed aethes) Agapeta zoegana (knapweed root moth) Agnippe prunifoliella (skunk twirler) Agonopterix argillacea (clay-colored agonopterix moth) Agonopterix curvilineella (curved-lined agonopterix moth) Agonopterix nigrinotella (flat-bodied moth) Agonopterix paulae (flat-bodied moth) Agonopterix pulvipennella (goldenrod leaffolder moth) Agnorisma badinodis (pale-banded dart) Agriphila ruricolellus (lesser vagabond sod webworm moth) Agriphila vulgivagellus (vagabond crambus) Agrius cingulata (pink-spotted hawkmoth) Agrotis ipsilon (ipsilon dart) Agrotis venerabilis (venerable dart) Agrotis vetusta (old man dart) Allagrapha aerea (unspotted looper moth) Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm moth) Alypia langtoni (Langton’s forester) Alypia octomaculata (eight-spotted forester moth) Amorpha juglandis (walnut sphinx) Amphion floridensis (nessus sphinx) Amphipoea americana (American ear moth) Amphipyra pyramidoides (copper underwing) Amydria effrentella (brown-blotched amydria moth) Anacampsis niveopulvella (pale-headed aspen leafroller moth) Anageshna primordialis (yellow-spotted webworm moth) Anagrapha falcifera (celery looper) Anania extricalis (goblet moth) Anania funebris (white-spotted sable) Anania tertialis (Guenée’s pearl) Anaplectoides prasina (green arches) Anarta trifolii (nutmeg moth) Anathix puta (puta sallow) Anavitrinella pampinaria (common gray) Ancylis albacostana (white-edged ancylis moth) Ancylis burgessiana (oak leaffolder moth) Ancylis diminutana (European small festooned roller) Ancylis metamelana (black-marked ancylis moth) Ancylis subaequana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Ancylis tineana (Rannoch roller) Anerastia lotella (sandhill knot-horn) Anicla forbesi (Forbes’ dart) Anicla tenuescens (drab dart) Anisota senatoria (orange-tipped oakworm moth) Anisota stigma (spiny oakworm moth) Anisota virginiensis (pink-striped oakworm moth) Antaeotricha schlaegeri (Schlaeger’s fruitworm moth) Anterastria teratophora (gray marvel moth) Antheraea polyphemus (polyphemus moth) Anticlea vasiliata (variable carpet moth) Apamea amputatrix (yellow-headed cutworm moth) Apamea devastator (glassy cutworm moth) Apamea dubitans (doubtful apamea moth) Apamea helva (yellow three-spot) Apamea impulsa (impulsive brocade) Apamea lateritia (scarce brindle) Apamea lignicolora (wood-colored apamea moth) Apamea lutosa (opalescent apamea moth) Apamea niveivenosa (snowy-veined apamea moth) Apamea plutonia (dusky apamea moth) Apamea sordens (bordered apamea moth) Apamea vultuosa (airy brocade) Apantesis anna (Anna tiger moth) Apantesis arge (arge moth) Apantesis figurata (figured tiger moth) Apantesis nais (nais tiger moth) Apantesis parthenice (parthenice tiger moth) Apantesis phalerata (harnessed tiger moth) Apantesis phyllira (phyllira tiger moth) Apantesis speciosa (bog tiger moth) Apantesis virgo (virgin tiger moth) Apantesis virguncula (little virgin tiger moth) Apantesis vittata (banded tiger moth) Aphelia alleniana (wide-striped leafroller) Aplectoides condita (quivering dart moth) Apodrepanulatrix liberaria (New Jersey tea inchworm) Apotomis capreana (sallow apotomis moth) Apotomis infida (Rannoch marble) Apotomis removana (green aspen leafroller) Archiearis infans (infant moth) Archips argyrospila (fruit-tree leafroller moth) Archips cerasivorana (ugly-nest caterpillar moth) Archips mortuana (dusky-back leaf roller) Archips purpurana (omnivorous leafroller) Archips semiferanus (oak leafroller moth) Archips strianus (striated tortrix moth) Arctia caja (great tiger moth) Arctia parthenos (St. Lawrence tiger moth) Argyresthia oreasella (cherry shoot borer moth) Argyrostrotis anilis (short-lined chocolate) Argyrotaenia alisellana (white-spotted leafroller moth) Argyrotaenia quadrifasciana (four-lined leafroller moth) Argyrotaenia quercifoliana (yellow-winged oak leafroller moth) Argyrotaenia tabulana (jack pine tube moth) Argyrotaenia velutinana (red-banded leafroller moth) Aristotelia fungivorella (twirler moth) Aristotelia roseosuffusella (pink-washed aristotelia moth) Atroposia oenotherana (primrose cochylid moth) Atteva aurea (ailanthus webworm moth) Autographa ampla (large looper moth) Autographa bimaculata (two-spotted looper moth) Autographa precationis (common looper moth) Baileya doubledayi (Doubleday’s baileya moth) Bandera binotella (knot-horn moth) Bellura gortynoides (white-tailed diver moth) Bellura obliqua (cattail borer moth) Besma endropiaria (straw besma) Besma quercivoraria (oak besma) Bibarrambla allenella (bog bibarrambla moth) Biston betularia cognataria (pepper and salt geometer) Brachylomia algens (cutworm or dart moth) Cabera erythemaria (yellow-dusted cream moth) Cabera variolaria (pink-striped willow spanworm) Caenurgina crassiuscula (clover looper moth) Caenurgina erechtea (forage looper moth) Callima argenticinctella (orange-headed epicallima) Callizzia amorata (gray scoopwing) Callopistria mollissima (pink-shaded fern moth) Callosamia promethea (promethea moth) Caloptilia ostryaeella (ironwood leafcone moth) Caloptilia rhoifoliella (sumac leaf blotch miner moth) Caloptilia stigmatella (willow leafcone caterpillar noth) Caloptilia violacella (tick-trefoil caloptilia moth) Calyptra canadensis (Canadian owlet) Cameraria betulivora (birch-leaf blotchminer moth) Canarsia ulmiarrosorella (elm leaftier moth) Capis curvata (curved halter moth) Caradrina multifera (speckled rustic) Caripeta angustiorata (brown pine looper moth) Caripeta divisata (gray spruce looper moth) Caripeta piniata (northern pine looper moth) Carmenta anthracipennis (blazing star borer moth) Carmenta ithacae (Ithaca clearwing moth) Carsia sororiata (Manchester treble-bar moth) Catabena lineolata (fine-lined sallow) Catastega aceriella (maple trumpet skeletonizer moth) Catocala abbreviatella (abbreviated underwing) Catocala amatrix (sweetheart underwing) Catocala amestris (three-staff underwing) Catocala amica (girlfriend underwing) Catocala antinympha (sweetfern underwing) Catocala badia coelebs (the old maid) Catocala blandula (charming underwing) Catocala briseis (briseis underwing) Catocala cara (darling underwing) Catocala cerogama (yellow-banded underwing) Catocala clintonii (Clinton’s underwing) Catocala coccinata (scarlet underwing) Catocala concumbens (pink underwing) Catocala connubialis (connubial underwing) Catocala crataegi (hawthorn underwing) Catocala epione (epione underwing) Catocala gracilis (graceful underwing) Catocala grynea (woody underwing) Catocala habilis (habilis underwing) Catocala ilia (ilia underwing) Catocala judith (Judith’s underwing) Catocala lacrymosa (tearful underwing) Catocala lineella (little lined underwing) Catocala micronympha (the little nymph) Catocala minuta (little underwing) Catocala mira (wonderful underwing) Catocala nebulosa (clouded underwing) Catocala neogama (the bride) Catocala obscura (obscure underwing) Catocala palaeogama (oldwife underwing) Catocala parta (mother underwing) Catocala piatrix (penitent underwing) Catocala praeclara (praeclara underwing) Catocala relicta (white underwing) Catocala residua (residua underwing) Catocala retecta (yellow-gray underwing) Catocala robinsonii (Robinson’s underwing) Catocala semirelicta (semirelict underwing) Catocala similis (similar underwing) Catocala sordida (sordid underwing) Catocala subnata (youthful underwing) Catocala ultronia (ultronia underwing) Catocala unijuga (once-married underwing) Catocala vidua (widow underwing) Catocala whitneyi (Whitney“s underwing) Celypha cespitana (celypha moth) Cenopis pettitana (maple-basswood leafroller moth) Cenopis reticulatana (reticulated fruitworm moth) Cepphis armataria (scallop moth) Cerastis salicarum (willow dart) Ceratomia amyntor (elm sphinx) Ceratomia catalpae (catalpa sphinx) Ceratomia undulosa (waved sphinx) Cerma cora (owl-eyed bird dropping moth) Chaetaglaea sericea (silky sallow) Charadra deridens (laugher moth) Chilo plejadellus (rice stalk borer moth) Chionodes discoocellella (eye-ringed chionodes moth) Chionodes fondella (twirler moth) Chionodes lugubrella (twirler moth) Chionodes praeclarella (twirler moth) Chionodes spp. (twirler moths) Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper) Choristoneura conflictana (large aspen tortrix) Choristoneura fractivittana (broken-banded leafroller moth) Choristoneura fumiferana (eastern spruce budworm) Choristoneura pinus (jack pine budworm moth) Choristoneura rosaceana (oblique-banded leafroller moth) Chrysoteuchia topiarius (topiary grass-veneer) Chytolita morbidalis (morbid owlet) Chytonix palliatricula (cloaked marvel) Cingilia catenaria (chain-dotted geometer) Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth) Cladara atroliturata (scribbler moth) Cladara limitaria (mottled gray carpet) Clemensia albata (little white lichen moth) Clepsis melaleucanus (black-patched clepsis moth) Clepsis peritana (garden tortrix) Clepsis persicana (white triangle tortrix) Clepsis virescana (greenish apple moth) Clostera albosigma (sigmoid prominent) Clostera apicalis (apical prominent) Clostera inclusa (angle-lined prominent) Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (rose plume moth) Cochylichroa arthuri (Arthur’s sunflower moth) Cochylichroa hoffmanana (Hoffman’s cochylid moth) Cochylichroa hospes (banded sunflower moth) Coenophila opacifrons (blueberry dart) Coleophora trifolii (large clover casebearer moth) Coleotechnites quercivorella (twirler moth) Condica videns (white-dotted groundling) Conservula anodonta (sharp angle shades) Copivaleria grotei (Grote’s sallow) Coranarta luteola (small dark yellow underwing) Cosmia calami (American dun-bar moth) Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (bent-lined carpet) Crambidia casta (pearly-winged lichen moth) Crambidia pallida (pale lichen moth) Crambus agitatellus (double-banded grass-veneer) Crambus albellus (small white grass-veneer) Crambus alienellus (grass veneer) Crambus awemellus (Aweme grass-veneer) Crambus bidens (forked grass-veneer) Crambus girardellus (Girard’s grass-veneer) Crambus laqueatellus (eastern grass-veneer) Crambus leachellus (Leach’s grass-veneer) Crambus pascuella (inlaid grass-veneer) Crambus perlella (yellow satin veneer) Crambus praefectellus (common grass-veneer) Crambus saltuellus (pasture grass-veneer) Crambus spp. (grass-veneers) Crocigrapha normani (Norman’s quaker) Cryptocala acadiensis (catocaline dart) Ctenucha virginica (Virginia ctenucha) Cucullia asteroides (asteroid moth) Cucullia convexipennis (brown-hooded owlet) Cucullia florea (gray hooded owlet) Cucullia lucifuga (hooded owlet) Cucullia spp. (hooded owlets) Cyclophora nanaria (dwarf tawny wave) Cyclophora pendulinaria (sweetfern geometer moth) Cycnia oregonensis (Oregon cycnia) Cycnia tenera (delicate cycnia) Cydia lacustrina (olethreutine leafroller moth) Cydia latiferreana (filbertworm moth) Cydia spp. (olethreutine leafroller moths) Darapsa choerilus (azalea sphinx) Darapsa myron (Virginia creeper sphinx) Dargida diffusa (wheat head armyworm) Dargida procinctus (girdler moth) Dargida rubripennis (pink streak moth) Dasychira cinnamomea (cinnamon tussock moth) Dasychira dorsipennata (sharp-lined tussock moth) Dasychira pinicola (pine tussock moth) Dasychira vagans (variable tussock moth) Dasylophia anguina (black-spotted prominent) Datana contracta (contracted datana) Datana integerrima (walnut caterpillar moth) Decodes basiplagana (gray-marked tortricid) Deidamia inscripta (lettered sphinx) Deidamia inscriptum (lettered sphinx) Deltote bellicula (bog glyph) Desmia funeralis (grape leaffolder moth) Diachrysia aereoides (dark-spotted looper moth) Diachrysia balluca (hologram moth) Diarsia rubifera (red dart) Diathrausta reconditalis (recondite webworm moth) Dichagyris grotei (Grote’s black-tipped quaker) Dichomeris aleatrix (buffy dichomeris) Dichomeris ligulella (palmerworm moth) Dichomeris purpureofusca (twirler moth) Digrammia denticulata (striped granite moth) Digrammia gnophosaria (hollow-spotted angle) Digrammia mellistrigata (yellow-lined angle) Digrammia ordinata (ordered angle) Dioryctria disclusa (webbing coneworm moth) Dioryctria ponderosae (ponderosa twig moth) Dioryctria reniculelloides (spruce coneworm moth) Dioryctria spp. (conifer coneworm moths) Dioryctria zimmermani (Zimmerman pine moth) Disclisioprocta stellata (somber carpet moth) Donacaula spp. (crambid snout moths) Drepana arcuata (arched hooktip) Drepana bilineata (two-lined hooktip) Dryocampa rubicunda (rosy maple moth) Dyseriocrania griseocapitella (chinquapin leafminer moth) Dyspteris abortivaria (bad-wing moth) Dysstroma citrata glacialis (dark marbled carpet) Dysstroma hersiliata hersiliata (orange-barred carpet moth) Dysstroma truncata truncata (marbled carpet moth) Ectropis crepuscularia crepuscularia (small engrailed) Egira dolosa (lined black aspen woodling) Eido trimaculella (three-spotted concealer) Elaphria festivoides (festive midget) Elaphria versicolor (variegated midget) Ellida caniplaga (linden prominent) Elophila ekthlipsis (nymphula moth) Elophila gyralis (waterlily borer moth) Elophila icciusalis (pondside pyralid moth) Elophila obliteralis (waterlily leafcutter moth) Emmelina monodactyla (morning-glory plume moth) Enargia decolor (aspen twoleaf tier moth) Enargia infumata (smoked sallow) Endothenia hebesana (verbena bud moth) Endothenia heinrichi (olethreutine leafroller moth) Endothenia nubilana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Ennomos magnaria (maple spanworm moth) Ennomos magnaria magnaria (maple spanworm moth) Ennomos subsignaria (elm spanworm moth) Eoreuma crawfordi (crambid snout moth) Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides (pink-patched looper moth) Epelis truncataria (black-banded orange moth) Ephestiodes gilvescentella (dusky raisin moth) Epiblema brightonana (Brighton’s epiblema moth) Epiblema scudderiana (goldenrod gall moth) Epiblema strenuana (ragweed borer moth) Epiglaea apiata (pointed sallow) Epinotia lindana (diamondback epinotia moth) Epinotia sotipena (black dash epinotia moth) Epinotia transmissana (Walker’s epinotia moth) Epirrhoe alternata (white-banded toothed carpet) Episimus argutana (sumac leaftier moth) Erannis tiliaria (linden looper) Eremobina leucoscelis (arch) Erinnyis ello (ello sphinx) Erinnyis obscura (obscure sphinx) Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth) Ethmia longimaculella (streaked ethmia moth) Ethmia monticola (gray ethmia moth) Ethmia spp. (flat-bodied moths) Eubaphe mendica (beggar moth) Euchaetes egle (milkweed tussock moth) Euchlaena amoenaria amoenaria (deep yellow euchlaena moth) Euchlaena effecta (effective euchlaena moth) Euchlaena irraria (least-marked euchlaena moth) Euchlaena johnsonaria johnsonaria (Johnson’s euchlaena moth) Euchlaena obtusaria (obtuse euchlaena moth) Euchlaena pectinaria (forked euchlaena moth) Euchlaena serrata (saw-wing) Euchlaena tigrinaria (mottled euchlaena moth) Eucirroedia pampina (scalloped sallow) Euclea delphinii (spiny oak-slug moth) Euclidia cuspidea (toothed somberwing) Eucopina monitorana (red pine coneborer moth) Eucosma awemeana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Eucosma glomerana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Eucosma indagatricana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Eucosma ochrocephala (pale-headed eucosma moth) Eucosma ochroterminana (buff-tipped eucosma moth) Eucosma olivaceana (olivaceous eucosma moth) Eucosma ornatula (ornate eucosma) Eucosma parmatana (aster eucosma moth) Eucosma raracana (reddish eucosma moth) Eucosma sombreana (Kearfott’s eucosma) Eucosma spiculana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Eudonia alpina (highland grey) Eudryas unio (pearly wood-nymph) Eueretagrotis perattentus (two-spotted dart) Eueretagrotis sigmoides (sigmoid dart) Eufidonia convergaria (pine powder moth) Eugonobapta nivosaria (snowy geometer) Eulithis diversilineata (lesser grapevine looper moth) Eulithis explanata (white eulithis moth) Eulithis flavibrunneata (carpet moth) Eulithis molliculata (dimorphic eulithis moth) Eulithis serrataria (serrated eulithis moth) Eulithis testata (chevron moth) Eulogia ochrifrontella (broad-banded eulogia) Eumacaria madopata (brown-bordered geometer moth) Eumorpha achemon (achemon sphinx) Eumorpha pandorus (pandorus sphinx) Euphyia intermediata (sharp-angled carpet) Eupithecia absinthiata (wormwood pug) Eupithecia annulata (larch pug moth) Eupithecia assimilata (currant pug) Eupithecia bowmani (pug moth) Eupithecia columbiata (pug moth) Eupithecia fletcherata (Fletcher’s larch looper) Eupithecia interruptofasciata (juniper looper moth) Eupithecia luteata (fir needle inchworm) Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia) Eupithecia palpata (small pine looper) Eupithecia ravocostaliata (tawny eupithecia) Eupithecia russeliata (pug moth) Eupithecia satyrata (satyr pug moth) Eupithecia swettii (pug moth) Eupithecia tenuiata (slender pug) Eupsilia devia (lost sallow) Eupsilia morrisoni (Morrison’s sallow) Eupsilia sidus (Sidus sallow) Eupsilia spp. (xylenine sallows) Eupsilia vinulenta (straight-toothed sallow) Eurois astricta (great brown dart) Eurois occulta (great brocade) Eusarca confusaria (confused eusarca) Eutrapela clemataria (curved-toothed geometer moth) Euxoa auxiliaris (army cutworm moth) Euxoa comosa (hairy euxoa moth) Euxoa detersa (rubbed dart) Euxoa divergens (divergent dart) Euxoa immixta (mixed dart moth) Euxoa messoria (reaper dart) Euxoa mimallonis (sordid dart) Euxoa obeliscoides (obelisk dart) Euxoa ochrogaster (red-backed cutworm moth) Euxoa perpolita (polished dart) Euxoa redimicula (fillet dart) Evergestis pallidata (purple-backed cabbageworm moth) Evora hemidesma (spirea leaftier moth) Exyra fax (epauletted pitcher plant poth) Feltia geniculata (knee-joint dart) Feltia herilis (Master’s dart) Feltia jaculifera (dingy cutworm moth) Feltia mollis (delicate cutworm moth) Feltia subgothica (subgothic dart) Feltia tricosa (tricose dart) Feralia comstocki (Comstock’s sallow) Feralia jocosa (joker) Filatima spp. (twirler moth) Fishia illocata (wandering brocade moth) Fissicrambus mutabilis (changeable grass-veneer) Fumibotys fumalis (mint root borer moth) Furcula cinerea (gray furcula) Furcula modesta (modest furcula) Furcula occidentalis (western furcula) Galgula partita (wedgling moth) Geina periscelidactylus (grape plume moth) Geina spp. (plume moths) Geina tenuidactylus (Himmelman’s plume moth) Gillmeria pallidactyla (yarrow plume moth) Globia oblonga (oblong sedge borer moth) Globia subflava (yellow sedge borer moth) Gluphisia septentrionis (common gluphisia) Glyphipterix haworthana (Haworth’s glyphipterid moth) Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis (goldenrod spindle-gall moth) Gonioterma mistrella (flat-bodied moth) Graphiphora augur (soothsayer dart) Grapholita prunivora (lesser appleworm moth) Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanum (dotted gymnandrosoma moth) Gypsonoma fasciolana (willow-and-poplar leafroller) Habrosyne scripta (lettered habrosyne) Haematopis grataria (chickweed geometer) Halysidota spp. (tussock moths) Halysidota tessellaris (banded tussock moth) Haploa clymene (clymene moth) Haploa confusa (confused haploa) Haploa contigua (neighbor moth) Haploa lecontei (Leconte’s haploa) Haploa reversa (reversed haploa) Haploa spp. (haploas) Harrisimemna trisignata (Harris’ three-spot) Harrisina americana (grapeleaf skeletonizer) Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm moth) Heliodines spp. (sun moths) Heliomata cycladata (common spring moth) Heliothis acesias (acesias buff gem) Hellinsia spp. (plume moths) Helotropha reniformis (kidney-spotted rustic moth) Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing) Hemaris thysbe (hummingbird clearwing) Hemileuca maia (buck moth) Hemileuca maia peigleri (Texas buck moth) Hemileuca nevadensis (Nevada buck moth) Hemipachnobia monochromatea (sundew cutworm moth) Herpetogramma thestealis (zigzag herpetogramma moth) Heterocampa guttivitta (saddled prominent) Heterocampa umbrata (white-blotched heterocampa) Heterophleps refusaria (three-patched bigwing) Heterophleps triguttaria (three-spotted fillip) Hillia iris (iris rover moth) Homoeosoma electella (sunflower moth) Homoglaea hircina (goat sallow) Homophoberia apicosa (black wedge-spot) Homorthodes reliqua (cutworm or dart moth) Hyalophora cecropia (cecropia moth) Hyalophora columbia (Columbia silkmoth) Hydraecia perobliqua (false rosy rustic moth) Hydrelia lucata (light carpet moth) Hydriomena renunciata (renounced hydriomena moth) Hyles euphorbiae (leafy spurge hawkmoth) Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx) Hypagyrtis piniata (pine measuringworm moth) Hypagyrtis unipunctata (one-spotted variant) Hypena abalienalis (white-lined snout) Hypena baltimoralis (Baltimore snout) Hypena bijugalis (dimorphic snout) Hypena deceptalis (deceptive snout) Hypena humuli (hop vine snout) Hypena madefactalis (gray-edged snout) Hypena palparia (mottled snout) Hypena scabra (green cloverworm moth) Hypenodes caducus (large hypenodes moth) Hypenodes fractilinea (broken-lined hypenodes moth) Hypenodes palustris (moth) Hyperaeschra georgica (Georgian prominent) Hypercompe scribonia (giant leopard moth) Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) Hypoprepia fucosa (painted lichen moth) Hypoprepia miniata (scarlet-winged lichen moth) Hyppa xylinoides (common hyppa moth) Hypsopygia costalis (clover hayworm moth) Hypsopygia intermedialis (red-shawled moth) Hypsopygia olinalis (yellow-fringed dolichomia moth) Idia aemula (common idia moth) Idia americalis (American idia moth) Idia lubricalis (glossy black idia moth) Idia rotundalis (rotund idia moth) Interjectio niviella (knot-horn moth) Ipimorpha pleonectusa (even-lined sallow) Iridopsis ephyraria (pale-winged gray) Iridopsis humaria (small purplish gray) Iridopsis spp. (geometer moths) Keiferia georgei (twirler moth) Lacanobia atlantica (Atlantic arches moth) Lacanobia grandis (grand arches moth) Lacinipolia anguina (snaky arches moth) Lacinipolia lorea (bridled arches moth) Lacinipolia lustralis (cutworm or dart moth) Lacinipolia meditata (thinker moth) Lacinipolia olivacea (olive arches moth) Lacinipolia vicina (cutworm or dart moth) Lambdina fervidaria athasaria (spring hemlock looper) Lambdina fiscellaria (hemlock looper moth) Lapara bombycoides (northern pine sphinx) Lasionycta secedens (cutworm or dart moth) Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) Leucania commoides (two-lined wainscot) Leucania inermis (unarmed wainscot) Leucania insueta (heterodox wainscot moth) Leucania lapidaria (wainscot moth) Leucania multilinea (many-lined wainscot) Leucania phragmitidicola (phragmites wainscot) Leucania pseudargyria (false wainscot) Leucania ursula (ursula wainscot) Leuconycta diphteroides (green leuconycta moth) Leuconycta lepidula (marbled-green leuconycta moth) Leucospilapteryx venustella (aster leafminer moth) Limnaecia phragmitella (shy cosmet moth) Lintneria eremitus (hermit sphinx) Lithacodes fasciola (yellow-shouldered slug moth) Litholomia napaea (false pinion moth) Lithomoia germana (American brindle moth) Lithophane amanda (Amanda’s pinion) Lithophane antennata (ashen pinion) Lithophane baileyi (Bailey’s pinion moth) Lithophane bethunei (Bethune’s pinion) Lithophane disposita (dashed gray pinion) Lithophane fagina (hoary pinion) Lithophane grotei (Grote’s pinion moth) Lithophane hemina (hemina pinion) Lithophane innominata (nameless pinion) Lithophane oriunda (immigrant pinion) Lithophane petulca (wanton pinion) Lithophane pexata (plush-naped pinion) Lithophane semiusta (singed pinion) Lithophane tepida (luke-warm pinion moth) Lithophane thaxteri (Thaxter’s pinion) Lobesia carduana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Lobophora nivigerata nivigerata (powdered bigwing moth) Lochmaeus bilineata (double-lined prominent) Lomographa glomeraria (gray spring moth) Lomographa vestaliata (white spring moth) Lophocampa caryae (hickory tussock moth) Lophocampa maculata (spotted tussock moth) Loscopia velata (veiled ear moth) Loxostege cereralis (alfalfa webworm moth) Loxostege sticticalis (beet webworm moth) Loxostegopsis merrickalis (Merrick’s pyralid moth) Lozotaenia costinotana (tortricine leafroller moth) Lycaena dione (gray copper) Lycia ursaria (stout spanworm moth) Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moth) Lycophotia phyllophora (lycophotia moth) Lymantria dispar dispar (spongy moth) Lytrosis unitaria (common lytrosis moth) Macaria aemulataria (common angle) Macaria amboflava (homogenous-yellow angle) Macaria bitactata (split-lined angle) Macaria fissinotata (hemlock angle) Macaria granitata (granite angle) Macaria loricaria (false Bruce spanworm) Macaria minorata (minor angle) Macaria oweni (Owen’s angle) Macaria pinistrobata (white pine angle) Macaria pustularia (lesser maple spanworm moth) Macaria sexmaculata sexmaculata (six-spotted angle) Macaria signaria (pale-marked angle) Macaria sulphurea (sulphur angle) Macaria transitaria (blurry chocolate angle) Machimia tentoriferella (gold-striped leaftier moth) Macrochilo absorptalis (slant-lined owlet) Macrochilo bivittata (two-striped owlet) Macrochilo orciferalis (bronzy owlet) Macronoctua onusta (iris borer moth) Macrosaccus morrisella (hog peanut moth) Magusa divaricata (variable narrow-wing) Malacosoma americanum (eastern tent caterpillar moth) Malacosoma californicum (western tent caterpillar moth) Malacosoma disstria (forest tent caterpillar moth) Maliattha synochitis (black-dotted glyph) Mamestra configurata (Bertha armyworm moth) Manduca quinquemaculata (five-spotted hawkmoth) Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx) Manulea bicolor (bicolored moth) Mecyna spp. (pearl moths) Meganola minuscula (confused meganola moth) Melanchra adjuncta (hitched arches) Melanolophia canadaria canadaria (Canadian melanolophia moth) Melittia cucurbitae (squash vine borer) Meroptera pravella (lesser aspen webworm moth) Metalectra discalis (common fungus moth) Metanema determinata (dark metanema moth) Metanema inatomaria (pale metanema moth) Metarranthis angularia (angled metarranthis) Metarranthis duaria (ruddy metarranthis) Metarranthis hypochraria (common metarranthis) Metarranthis spp. (metarranthis moth) Metaxaglaea inulta (unsated sallow) Microcrambus elegans (elegant grass-veneer) Microcrambus minor (minor grass-veneer) Monopis monachella (white-blotched clothes moth) Monopis spilotella (orange-headed monopis) Moodna ostrinella (darker moodna moth) Morrisonia confusa (confused woodgrain moth) Morrisonia evicta (bicolored woodgrain moth) Mythimna oxygala (lesser wainscot) Mythimna unipuncta (armyworm moth) Nadata gibbosa (white-dotted prominent) Nascia acutellus (streaked orange moth) Nematocampa resistaria (horned spanworm moth) Neodactria caliginosellus (black grass-veneer) Neodactria luteolellus (mottled grass-veneer) Neodactria murellus (prairie sedge moth) Nephelodes minians (bronzed cutworm moth) Nepytia canosaria (false hemlock looper moth) Nepytia semiclusaria (pine conelet looper moth) Nerice bidentata (double-toothed prominent) Nites grotella (hazel leaftier moth) Noctua pronuba (large yellow underwing) Nola cilicoides (blurry-patched nola moth) Nomophila nearctica (lucerne moth) Notocelia culminana (notocelia moth) Notocelia illotana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Occidentalia comptulatalis (crambid snout moth) Ochropleura implecta (flame-shouldered dart) Odontosia elegans (elegant prominent) Ogdoconta cinereola (common pinkband) Oidaematophorus eupatorii (eupatorium plume moth) Olethreutes appendiceum (serviceberry leafroller) Olethreutes astrologana (astronomer moth) Olethreutes atrodentana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Olethreutes bipartitana (divided olethreutes moth) Olethreutes connectum (bunchberry leaffolder moth) Olethreutes coruscana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Olethreutes fasciatana (banded olethreutes moth) Olethreutes inornatana (inornate olethreutes moth) Olethreutes permundana (raspberry leafroller moth) Olethreutes troglodanum (olethreutine leafroller moth) Olethreutes valdanum (olethreutine leafroller moth) Oligocentria lignicolor (white-streaked prominent) Operophtera bruceata (Bruce spanworm moth) Orgyia leucostigma (white-marked tussock moth) Orthodes cynica (cynical quaker) Orthodes detracta (disparaged aches moth) Orthodes goodelli (Goodell’s arches moth) Orthodes majuscula (rustic quaker) Orthonama evansi (carpet moth) Orthonama obstipata (gem moth) Orthosia alurina (gray quaker) Orthosia hibisci (speckled green fruitworm moth) Orthotaenia undulana (dusky leafroller moth) Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer moth) Pachysphinx modesta (modest sphinx) Pachysphinx occidentalis (big poplar sphinx) Paectes oculatrix (eyed paectes moth) Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm moth) Palpita magniferalis (splendid palpita moth) Palthis angulalis (dark-spotted palthis) Pandemis canadana (green aspen leaftier) Pandemis lamprosana (woodgrain leafroller moth) Pandemis limitata (three-lined leafroller moth) Pangrapta decoralis (decorated owlet) Panopoda carneicosta (brown panopoda moth) Panopoda rufimargo (red-lined panopoda moth) Panthea acronyctoides (black zigzag moth) Panthea furcilla (eastern panthea moth) Pantographa limata (basswood leafroller moth) Paonias excaecata (blinded sphinx) Paonias myops (small-eyed sphinx) Papaipema appassionata (pitcher plant borer moth) Papaipema arctivorens (northern burdock borer) Papaipema astuta (yellow stoneroot borer moth) Papaipema aweme (Aweme borer moth) Papaipema baptisiae (indigo stem borer) Papaipema birdi (umbellifer borer) Papaipema cataphracta (burdock borer) Papaipema cerina (golden borer) Papaipema circumlucens (hop borer moth) Papaipema eupatorii (joe-pye-weed borer) Papaipema furcata (ash tip borer) Papaipema harrisii (heracleum stem borer moth) Papaipema inquaesita (sensetive fern borer) Papaipema insulidens (ragwort stem borer moth) Papaipema leucostigma (columbine borer) Papaipema lysimachiae (loosestrife borer moth) Papaipema marginidens (brick-red borer moth) Papaipema maritima (maritime sunflower borer) Papaipema nebris (stalk borer) Papaipema necopina (sunflower borer) Papaipema nepheleptena (turtle head borer) Papaipema pterisii (bracken borer) Papaipema rigida (rigid sunflower borer) Papaipema rutila (mayapple borer moth) Papaipema silphii (silphius borer) Papaipema unimoda (meadow-rue borer) Paradiarsia littoralis (Labrador dart) Parallelia bistriaris (maple looper moth) Paranthrene tabaniformis (dusky clearwing moth) Parapoynx allionealis (watermilfoil leafcutter moth) Parapoynx badiusalis (chestnut-marked pondweed moth) Parapoynx maculalis (polymorphic pondweed moth) Parapoynx obscuralis (obscure pondweed moth) Pasiphila rectangulata (green pug) Pediasia dorsipunctellus (speckle-back grass-veneer) Pediasia trisecta (sod webworm moth) Pelochrista agricolana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Pelochrista canana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Pelochrista cataclystiana (goldenrod pelochrista moth) Pelochrista consobrinana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Pelochrista corosana (olethreutine leafroller moth) Pelochrista costastriata (olethreutine leafroller moth) Pelochrista derelicta (derelict pelochrista moth) Pelochrista dorsisignatana (triangle-backed pelochrista moth) Pelochrista matutina (olethreutine leafroller moth) Pelochrista morrisoni (Morrison’s borer moth) Pelochrista ridingsana (snakeweed borer moth) Pelochrista similiana (similar pelochrista) Pennisetia marginata (raspberry crown borer) Peoria approximella (carmine snout) Peridea angulosa (angulose prominent) Peridea ferruginea (chocolate prominent) Peridroma saucia (variegated cutworm moth) Perizoma basaliata (square-patched carpet moth) Pero ancetaria (Hübner’s pero moth) Pero morrisonaria (Morrison’s pero moth) Petrophila bifascialis (two-banded petrophila) Phaeoura quernaria (oak beauty) Phalaenophana pyramusalis (dark-banded owlet) Phalaenostola eumelusalis (dark phalaenostola moth) Phalaenostola larentioides (black-banded owlet) Phalaenostola metonalis (pale phalaenostola moth) Pheosia rimosa (black-rimmed prominent) Phigalia strigataria (small phigalia moth) Phigalia titea (half-wing) Phlogophora iris (olive angle shades) Phlogophora periculosa (brown angle shades) Phoberia atomaris (common oak moth) Phragmatobia assimilans (large ruby tiger moth) Phragmatobia fuliginosa (ruby tiger moth) Phtheochroa baracana (tortricine leafroller moth) Phtheochroa riscana (tortricine leafroller moth) Phycitodes reliquellum (white-edged phycitodes moth) Phyllocnistis vitegenella (grape leaf miner moth) Phyllocnistis vitifoliella (grape leaf miner moth) Phyllonorycter caryaealbella (pecan blotchminer moth) Plagodis alcoolaria alcoolaria (hollow-spotted plagodis moth) Plagodis fervidaria (fervid plagodis moth) Plagodis kuetzingi (purple plagodis moth) Plagodis phlogosaria phlogosaria (straight-lined plagodis moth) Plagodis serinaria (lemon plagodis moth) Plataea calcaria (geometer moth) Platynota idaeusalis (tufted apple bud moth) Platypolia anceps (cutworm or dart moth) Platypolia mactata (adorable brocade moth) Platyptilia carduidactylus (artichoke plume moth) Pleuroprucha insulsaria (common tan wave) Plodia interpunctella (Indian meal moth) Plusia contexta (connected looper moth) Plusia magnimacula (large-spotted looper moth) Plusia venusta (white-streaked looper moth) Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) Pococera aplastella (aspen webworm moth) Pococera asperatella (maple webworm moth) Pococera spp. (pyralid snout moths) Polia imbrifera (cloudy arches moth) Polia nimbosa (stormy arches) Polia purpurissata (purple arches moth) Ponometia binocula (prairie bird-dropping moth) Ponometia candefacta (olive-shaded bird-dropping moth) Ponometia erastrioides (small bird-dropping moth) Prionoxystus macmurtrei (little carpenterworm) Prionoxystus robiniae (carpenterworm moth) Probole alienaria (alien probole) Probole amicaria (friendly probole moth) Prochoerodes lineola (large maple spanworm moth) Proteoteras aesculana (maple twig borer moth) Proteoteras crescentana (black-crescent proteoteras moth) Proteoteras moffatiana (maple bud borer moth) Protitame virginalis (virgin moth) Protoboarmia porcelaria (porcelain gray) Protodeltote albidula (pale glyph) Protodeltote muscosula (large mossy glyph) Protolampra brunneicollis (brown-collared dart) Protorthodes incincta (banded quaker) Protorthodes oviduca (ruddy quaker) Protoschinia nuchalis (spotted clover moth) Proxenus miranda (miranda moth) Psaphida rolandi (Roland’s sallow) Pseudeva purpurigera (straight-lined looper moth) Pseudexentera oregonana (early aspen leafroller moth) Pseudexentera spoliana (bare-patched leafroller moth) Pseudohermonassa bicarnea (pink-spotted dart) Pseudohermonassa tenuicula (Morrison’s sooty dart) Pseudosciaphila duplex (poplar leafroller moth) Psilocorsis reflexella (dotted leaftier moth) Psyche casta (common bagworm moth) Psychomorpha epimenis (grapevine epimenis) Pyrausta generosa (generous pyrausta moth) Pyrausta orphisalis (orange mint moth) Pyrausta signatalis (raspberry pyrausta moth) Pyrausta socialis (sociable pyrausta moth) Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella tiger moth) Pyrrhia aurantiago (orange sallow) Pyrrhia umbra (bordered sallow) Raphia frater (brother moth) Raphiptera argillaceellus (diminutive grass-veneer) Renia adspergillus (speckled renia moth) Renia flavipunctalis (yellow-spotted renia moth) Renia nemoralis (chocolate renia moth) Resapamea passer (dock rustic moth) Retinia albicapitana (northern pitch twig moth) Retinia mafica (pine shoot moth) Rheumaptera hastata (spear-marked black moth) Rheumaptera prunivorata (cherry scallop shell moth) Rheumaptera subhastata (white-banded black moth) Rivula propinqualis (spotted grass moth) Saucrobotys fumoferalis (dusky saucrobotys moth) Saucrobotys futilalis (dogbane saucrobotys moth) Schinia arcigera (arcigera flower moth) Schinia florida (primrose moth) Schinia indiana (phlox moth) Schinia lucens (leadplant flower moth) Schinia mortua (flower moth) Schinia rivulosa (ragweed flower moth) Schinia septentrionalis (northern flower moth) Schizura unicornis (unicorn prominent) Sciota basilaris (yellow-shouldered leafroller) Sciota celtidella (hackberry leafroller moth) Sciota spp. (knot-horn moths) Sciota subcaesiella (locust leafroller moth) Sciota subfuscella (striped sumac leafroller moth) Sciota virgatella (belted leafroller moth) Sciota virgatella (black-spotted leafroller moth) Scoliopteryx libatrix (herald moth) Scoparia biplagialis (double-striped scoparia moth) Scoparia penumbralis (dark brown scoparia moth) Scopula ancellata (angled wave) Scopula frigidaria (frigid wave) Scopula fuscata (darkened-winged wave moth) Scopula inductata (soft-lined wave) Scopula junctaria (simple wave) Scopula limboundata (large lace-border) Scrobipalpula artemisiella (thyme moth) Scrobipalpula manierreorum (twirler moth) Scythris eboracensis (flower moth) Selenia alciphearia (brown-tipped thorn) Semioscopis inornata (poplar micromoth) Sesia tibiale (American hornet moth) Sicya macularia macularia (sharp-lined yellow) Sitochroa chortalis (dimorphic sitochroa moth) Sitochroa palealis (carrot seed moth) Smerinthus cerisyi (one-eyed sphinx) Smerinthus jamaicensis (twin-spotted sphinx) Spaelotis clandestina (clandestine dart) Spargaloma sexpunctata (six-spotted gray) Sparganothis boweri (Bower’s leafroller) Sparganothis sulfureana (sparganothis fruitworm moth) Sparganothis tristriata (three-streaked sparganothis moth) Sparganothis unifasciana (one-lined sparganothis moth) Sparganothis xanthoides (mosaic sparganothis moth) Sphecodina abbottii (Abbott’s sphinx) Sphingidae (sphinx moth) Sphinx canadensis (Canadian sphinx) Sphinx chersis (great ash sphinx) Sphinx drupiferarum (wild cherry sphinx) Sphinx gordius (apple sphinx) Sphinx kalmiae (laurel sphinx) Sphinx luscitiosa (Clemens’ sphinx) Sphinx poecila (northern apple sphinx) Sphinx vashti (vashti sphinx) Spilosoma congrua (agreeable tiger moth) Spilosoma virginica (Virginian tiger moth) Spiramater lutra (otter spiramater moth) Spodolepis substriataria (geometer moth) Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm moth) Stamnodes gibbicostata (shiny gray carpet) Sthenopis argenteomaculatus (silver-spotted ghost moth) Sthenopis purpurascens (four-spotted ghost moth) Sthenopis thule (willow ghost moth) Sunira bicolorago (bicolored sallow) Sutyna privata (private sallow) Swammerdamia caesiella (birch ermel) Sympistis badistriga (honeysuckle budworm) Synanthedon acerni (maple callus borer) Synanthedon acerrubri (red maple borer) Synanthedon bolteri (northern willow clearwing) Synanthedon exitiosa (peachtree borer) Synanthedon fatifera (lesser viburnum clearwing moth) Synanthedon pictipes (lesser peachtree borer) Synanthedon pini (pitch mass borer) Synanthedon scitula (dogwood borer) Synanthedon tipuliformis (currant clearwing borer) Synanthedon viburni (viburnum clearwing) Synchlora aerata (wavy-lined emerald) Syngrapha alias (hooked silver Y moth) Syngrapha hochenwarthi (plusiine looper moth) Syngrapha microgamma (small gamma looper moth) Syngrapha selecta (chosen looper moth) Tathorhynchus exsiccata (alfalfa looper moth) Tetracis cachexiata (white slant-line) Tetracis crocallata (yellow slant-line) Thaumatopsis pectinifer (crambid snout moth) Thaumatopsis pexellus (woolly grass-veneer moth) Thorybes bathyllus (southern cloudywing) Thyris sepulchris (mournful thyris) Tolype laricis (larch tolype moth) Tolype velleda (large tolype moth) Tortricidia flexuosa (abbreviated button slug moth) Tortricidia testacea (early button slug moth) Tortricinae (tortricine leafroller moths) Trachea delicata (delightful bird-dropping moth) Tribe Phycitini (knot-horn moths) Trichodezia albovittata (white-striped black) Tricholita notata (noted sunflower moth) Tricholita signata (signate quaker) Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper) Trichordestra legitima (striped garden caterpillar moth) Triphosa haesitata (tissue moth) Udea rubigalis (celery leaftier moth) Ufeus satyricus (brown satyr moth) Urola nivalis (snowy urola moth) Utetheisa ornatrix (ornate moth) Vaxi auratella (curve-lined vaxi moth) Vaxi critica (straight-lined vaxi moth) Venusia cambrica (Welsh wave moth) Virbia aurantiaca (orange virbia moth) Virbia ferruginosa (rusty virbia moth) Virbia immaculata (immaculate virbia) Virbia laeta (joyful virbia moth) Virbia rubicundaria (ruddy holomelina) Vitula edmandsii (dried fruit moth) Walshia miscecolorella (sweet clover root borer moth) Wockia asperipunctella (false burnet moth) Xanthia togata (pink-barred sallow) Xanthia totaga (pink-barred sallow) Xanthorhoe ferrugata (red twin-spot) Xanthorhoe decoloraria (red carpet) Xanthorhoe lacustrata (toothed brown carpet) Xanthotype sospeta (crocus geometer) Xanthotype spp. (crocus geometer moths) Xanthotype urticaria (false crocus geometer moth) Xestia badicollis (northern variable dart) Xestia c-nigrum (lesser black-letter dart) Xestia dilucida (dull reddish dart) Xestia dolosa (greater black-letter dart) Xestia normaniana (Norman’s dart) Xestia normanianus (Norman’s dart) Xestia smithii (Smith’s dart) Xylena curvimacula (dot-and-dash swordgrass moth) Xylena nupera (American swordgrass moth) Xylomoia chagnoni (reed canary grass borer moth) Xylophanes tersa (tersa sphinx) Ypsolopha dentella (honeysuckle moth) Zale confusa (confused zale moth) Zale duplicata (pine false looper moth) Zale minerea (colorful zale moth) Zanclognatha cruralis (early fan-foot) Zanclognatha dentata (toothed fan-foot) Zanclognatha jacchusalis (wavy-lined fan-foot) Zanclognatha laevigata (variable fan-foot) Zanclognatha lituralis (lettered fan-foot) Zanclognatha marcidilinea (yellowish fan-foot) Zanclognatha martha (pine barrens fan-foot) Zanclognatha pedipilalis (grayish fan-foot) Zanclognatha protumnusalis (complex fan-foot) Zanclognatha spp. (fan-foot moths) Zanclognatha theralis (flagged fan-foot) Zelleria spp. (ermine moths) Zenophleps lignicolorata (wood-colored 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_01.jpg "geometer moth (Family Geometridae)")
_02.jpg "twirler moth (Scrobipalpula manierreorum)")
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