Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Family Erebidae (Erebid Moths)

Subfamily:

Antiblemna perva (Troubridge, 2020)
Hyperstrotia aetheria (Grote, 1879)
Litoprosopus coachella Palm Flower Moth (Hill, 1921)
Mycterophora longipalpata Long-palped Mycterophora Moth (Hulst, 1896)

Subfamily: Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Acsala anomala Benjamin, 1935
Afrida exegens Dyar, 1922
Afrida minuta (Druce, 1885)
Agaraea semivitrea (Rothchild, 1909)
Agylla septentrionalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1911
Alexicles aspersa Grote, 1883
Apantesis carlotta Ferguson, 1985
Apantesis nais Nais Tiger Moth (Drury, 1773)
Apantesis phalerata Harnessed Moth (Harris, 1841)
Apantesis vittata Banded Tiger Moth (Fabricius, 1787)
Apeplopoda mecrida (Druce, 1889)
Apocrisias thaumasta Franclemont, 1966
Arachnis aulaea Geyer, 1837
Arachnis citra Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
Arachnis nedyma Franclemont, 1966
Arachnis picta Painted Tiger Moth Packard, 1864
Arachnis zuni Neumoegen, 1890
Arctia caja Garden Tiger Moth or Great Tiger Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bertholdia trigona (Grote, 1879)
Biturix venosata Walker, [1865]
Bruceia hubbardi Dyar, 1898
Bruceia pulverina Neumoegen, 1893
Calidota laqueata Streaked Calidota (Hy. Edwards, 1886)
Carales arizonensis (Rothschild, 1909)
Cisseps fulvicollis Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Hübner, [1818])
Cisthene angelus (Dyar, 1904)
Cisthene barnesii (Dyar, 1904)
Cisthene conjuncta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Cisthene coronado Knowlton, 1967
Cisthene deserta (Felder, 1868)
Cisthene dorsimacula (Dyar, 1904)
Cisthene faustinula (Boisduval, 1869)
Cisthene juanita Barnes & Benjamin, 1925
Cisthene kentuckiensis Kentucky Lichen Moth (Dyar, 1904)
Cisthene liberomacula (Dyar, 1904)
Cisthene martini Knowlton, 1967
Cisthene packardii Packard's Lichen Moth (Grote, 1863)
Cisthene perrosea (Dyar, 1904)
Cisthene picta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Cisthene plumbea Lead-Colored Lichen Moth Stretch, 1885
Cisthene striata Striated Lichen Moth Ottolengui, 1898
Cisthene subjecta Subject Lichen Moth Walker, 1854
Cisthene subrufa (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Cisthene tenuifascia Thin-Banded Lichen Moth Harvey, 1875
Cisthene unifascia Grote & Robinson, 1868
Clemensia albata Little White Lichen Moth Packard, 1864
Clemensia ochreata (Schmidt & Sullivan, 2018)
Clemensia patella - of authors, not (Druce, 1885)
Comachara cadburyi Cadbury's Lichen Moth Franclemont, 1939
Composia fidelissima Faithful Beauty Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
Cosmosoma myrodora Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth (Dyar, 1907)
Crambidia casta Pearly-Winged Lichen Moth (Packard, 1869)
Crambidia cephalica Yellow-headed Lichen Moth (Grote & Robinson, 1870)
Crambidia dusca Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Crambidia impura Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Crambidia lithosioides Dark Gray Lichen Moth Dyar, 1898
Crambidia myrlosea Dyar, 1917
Crambidia pallida Pale Lichen Moth Packard, 1864
Crambidia pura Pure Lichen Moth Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Crambidia suffusa Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Crambidia uniformis Uniform Lichen Moth Dyar, 1898
Crambidia xanthocorpa (Lewis, 2014)
Ctenucha brunnea Brown Ctenucha Stretch, 1872
Ctenucha cressonana Grote, 1863
Ctenucha multifaria (Walker, 1854)
Ctenucha rubroscapus Red-Shouldered Ctenucha (Ménétriés, 1857)
Ctenucha venosa Walker, 1854
Ctenucha virginica Virginia Ctenucha (Esper, 1794)
Cycnia collaris (Fitch, 1857)
Cycnia inopinatus Unexpected Cycnia (Hy. Edwards, 1882)
Cycnia oregonensis Oregon Cycnia (Stretch, 1873)
Cycnia tenera Delicate Cycnia or Dogbane Tiger Moth Hübner, 1818
Dahana atripennis Black-Winged Dahana Grote, 1875
Didasys belae Double-Tufted Wasp Moth Grote, 1875
Dodia albertae Dyar, 1901
Dodia kononenkoi Tshistjakov & Lafontaine, 1984
Dodia verticalis Lafontaine & Troubridge, 2000
Dysschema howardi Northern Giant Flag Moth (Hy. Edwards, 1886)
Dysschema leucophaea (Walker, 1854)
Ectypia bivittata Clemens, 1860
Ectypia clio (Packard, 1864)
Ectypia mexicana (Dognin, 1911)
Eilema bicolor Bicolored Moth (Grote, 1864)
Empyreuma pugione Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth (Linnaeus, 1767)
Episcepsis inornata (Walker, 1856)
Estigmene acrea Salt Marsh Moth or Acrea Moth (Drury, 1773)
Estigmene albida (Stretch, 1873)
Eucereon myrina Druce, 1884
Euchaetes albicosta (Walker, 1855)
Euchaetes antica (Walker, 1856)
Euchaetes bolteri Stretch, 1885
Euchaetes castalla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
Euchaetes egle Milkweed Tussock Moth or Milkweed Tiger Moth (Drury, 1773)
Euchaetes elegans Stretch, 1874
Euchaetes fusca (Rothschild, 1910)
Euchaetes gigantea (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
Euchaetes helena (Cassino, 1928)
Euchaetes perlevis Grote, 1882
Euchaetes polingi (Cassino, 1928)
Euchaetes zella (Dyar, 1902)
Eudesmia arida (Skinner, 1906)
Eudesmia menea (Drury, 1782)
Euerythra phasma Red-tailed Specter Harvey, 1876
Euerythra trimaculata Three-spotted Specter J. B. Smith, 1887
Eupseudosoma involutum Snowy Eupseudosoma
Eurata vulcanus Vulcan Tiger Moth (Walker, 1854)
Gardinia anopla Hering, 1925
Gnamptonychia ventralis Barnes & Lindsey, 1921
Gnophaela aequinoctialis (Walker, 1854)
Gnophaela clappiana Holland, 1891
Gnophaela discreta Stretch, 1875
Gnophaela latipennis (Boisduval, 1852)
Gnophaela vermiculata (Grote, 1864)
Grammia allectans Ferguson, 1985
Grammia anna Anna Tiger Moth (Grote, 1864)
Grammia arge Arge Tiger Moth (Drury, 1773)
Grammia behrii (Stretch, 1872)
Grammia blakei (Grote, 1865)
Grammia celia (Saunders, 1863)
Grammia cervinoides (Strecker, 1876)
Grammia complicata (Walker, 1865)
Grammia doris Doris Tiger Moth (Boisduval, 1869)
Grammia elongata (Stretch, 1885)
Grammia f pallida (Strecker, 1878)
Grammia favorita (Neumoegen, 1890)
Grammia figurata Figured Tiger Moth (Drury, 1773)
Grammia incorrupta (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Grammia nevadensis (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Grammia obliterata (Stretch, 1885)
Grammia oithona Oithona Tiger Moth
Grammia ornata Ornate Tiger Moth (Packard, 1864)
Grammia parthenice Parthenice Tiger Moth (Wm. Kirby, 1837)
Grammia phyllira Phyllira Tiger Moth (Drury, 1773)
Grammia placentia Placentia Tiger Moth (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Grammia quenseli (Paykull, 1793)
Grammia speciosa (Möschler, 1864)
Grammia virgo Virgin Tiger Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grammia virguncula Little Tiger Moth (Wm. Kirby, 1837)
Grammia williamsii (Dodge, 1871)
Haematomis uniformis Schaus, 1899
Halysidota cinctipes Florida Tussock Moth (Grote, 1865)
Halysidota davisii Hy. Edwards, 1874
Halysidota harrisii Sycamore Tussock Moth Walsh, 1864
Halysidota schausi Rothschild, 1909
Halysidota sp. (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Halysidota tessellaris Banded Tussock Moth or Pale Tiger Moth (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Haploa clymene Clymene Moth (Brown, 1776)
Haploa colona Colona Moth (Hübner, [1803])
Haploa confusa Confused Haploa (Lyman, 1887)
Haploa contigua The Neighbor (Walker, 1855)
Haploa lecontei Leconte's Haploa (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
Haploa reversa Reversed Haploa (Stretch, 1885)
Hemihyalea edwardsii Edwards' Glassywing (Packard, 1864)
Hemihyalea splendens Barnes & McDunnough, 1910
Horama panthalon Texas Wasp Moth (Fabricius, 1793)
Horama plumipes (Drury, 1773)
Hyalurga vinosa (Drury, [1773])
Hypercompe caudata (Walker, 1855)
Hypercompe decora (Walker, 1855)
Hypercompe oslari (Rothschild, 1910)
Hypercompe permaculata (Packard, 1872)
Hypercompe scribonia Great Leopard Moth (Stoll, 1790)
Hypercompe suffusa (Schaus, 1889)
Hyphantria cunea Fall Webworm Moth (Drury, 1773)
Hypocrisias minima (Neumoegen, 1883)
Hypocrita celina (Boisduval, 1870)
Hypoprepia cadaverosa Strecker, 1878
Hypoprepia fucosa Painted Lichen Moth Hübner, [1831]
Hypoprepia inculta Hy. Edwards, 1882
Hypoprepia miniata Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth (Wm. Kirby, 1837)
Idalus delicata (Moschler, 1886)
Inopsis funerea (Grote, 1883)
Inopsis modulata (Hy. Edwards, 1884)
Leptarctia californiae (Walker, 1855)
Lerina incarnata Walker, 1854
Leucanopsis longa Long-Streaked Tussock Moth (Grote, 1880)
Leucanopsis lurida (Hy. Edwards, 1887)
Leucanopsis perdentata (Schaus, 1901)
Lophocampa annulosa (Walker, 1855)
Lophocampa argentata Silver-Spotted Tiger Moth (Packard, 1864)
Lophocampa caryae Hickory Tussock Moth or Hickory Tiger Moth Harris, 1841
Lophocampa catenulata (Hübner, 1812)
Lophocampa ingens (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Lophocampa maculata Spotted Tussock Moth or Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth Harris, 1841
Lophocampa mixta (Neumoegen, 1882)
Lophocampa pura (Neumoegen, 1882)
Lophocampa roseata (Walker, 1866)
Lophocampa significans (Hy. Edwards, 1888)
Lophocampa sobrina (Stretch, 1872)
Lycomorpha fulgens (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Lycomorpha grotei (Packard, 1864)
Lycomorpha pholus Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth (Drury, 1773)
Lycomorpha regulus (Grinnell, 1903)
Lycomorpha splendens Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Lycomorphodes sordida (Butler, 1877)
Lymire edwardsii Edwards' Wasp Moth (Grote, 1881)
Macrocneme chrysitis (Guérin-Méneville 1844)
Nelphe carolina Florida Eucereon Hy. Edwards, 1886
Nelphe relegatum (Schaus, 1911)
Neoarctia beanii (Neumoegen, 1891)
Neoarctia brucei (Hy. Edwards, 1888)
Neoplynes eudora (Dyar, 1894)
Neritos prophaea Schaus, 1905
Notarctia arizoniensis (Stretch, [1874])
Notarctia proxima Mexican Tiger Moth (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Nyridela xanthocera (Walker, 1856)
Opharus muricolor (Dyar, 1898)
Pagara fuscipes (Grote, 1883)
Pagara simplex Mouse-Colored Lichen Moth Walker, 1856
Pararctia subnebulosa (Dyar, 1899)
Pararctia yarrowii (Stretch, 1873)
Parasemia plantaginis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pareuchaetes insulata Yellow-Winged Pareuchaetes (Walker, 1855)
Phaloesia saucia Walker, 1854
Phoenicoprocta hampsonii (Barnes, 1904)
Phoenicoprocta lydia Lydia Tiger Moth (Druce, 1889)
Phragmatobia assimilans Large Ruby Tiger Moth Walker, 1855
Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phragmatobia lineata Lined Ruby Tiger Moth Newman & Donahue, 1966
Platarctia parthenos St. Lawrence Tiger Moth (Harris, 1850)
Platyprepia virginalis Ranchman's Tiger Moth (Boisduval, 1852)
Poliopastea clavipes (Boisduval, 1870)
Pseudocharis minima Lesser Wasp Moth (Grote, 1867)
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua (Strecker, 1878)
Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii Edwards' Glassy-wing Moth (Packard, 1864)
Ptychoglene coccinea (Hy. Edwards, 1886)
Ptychoglene phrada Druce, 1889
Ptychoglene sanguineola (Boisduval, 1870)
Pygarctia abdominalis Yellow-Edged Pygarctia Grote, 1871
Pygarctia flavidorsalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Pygarctia lorula Dyar, 1914
Pygarctia murina (Stretch, 1885)
Pygarctia neomexicana Barnes, 1904
Pygarctia roseicapitis (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893)
Pygarctia spraguei Sprague's Pygarctia (Grote, 1875)
Pygoctenucha pyrrhoura (Hulst, 1881)
Pygoctenucha terminalis (Walker, 1854)
Pyrrharctia isabella Isabella Tiger Moth or Banded Woolybear (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Rhabdatomis laudamia (Druce, 1885)
Rhipha flammans (Hampson, 1901)
Seirarctia echo Echo Moth (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Sonorarctia fervida (Walker, 1855)
Sphaeromachia gaumeri (Druce, 1884)
Spilosoma congrua Agreeable Tiger Moth Walker, 1855
Spilosoma danbyi (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893)
Spilosoma dubia Dubious Tiger Moth (Walker, 1855)
Spilosoma latipennis Pink-Legged Tiger Moth Stretch, 1872
Spilosoma pteridis Hy. Edwards, 1874
Spilosoma vagans Wandering Tiger Moth (Boisduval, 1852)
Spilosoma vestalis Vestal Tiger Moth Packard, 1864
Spilosoma virginica Virginian Tiger Moth or Yellow Woolybear Moth (Fabricius, 1798)
Syntomeida epilais Polka-Dot Wasp Moth (Walker, 1854)
Syntomeida ipomoeae Yellow-Banded Wasp Moth (Harris, 1839)
Syntomeida melanthus (Cramer, 1779)
Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Utetheisa ornatrix Bella Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Virbia aurantiaca Orange Holomelina (Hübner, [1831])
Virbia buchholzi Wyatt, 1963
Virbia costata (Stretch, 1885)
Virbia fergusoni (Zaspel, 2008)
Virbia ferruginosa Rusty Holomelina (Walker, 1854)
Virbia fragilis (Strecker, 1878)
Virbia immaculata Immaculate Holomelina (Reakirt, 1864)
Virbia laeta Joyful Holomelina (Guérin-Méneville, [1832])
Virbia lamae Bog Holomelina (T.N. Freeman, 1941)
Virbia nigricans (Reakirt, 1864)
Virbia opella Tawny Holomelina (Grote, 1863)
Virbia ostenta Showy Holomelina (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Virbia rubicundaria Ruddy Holomelina (Hübner, [1831])
Virbia sandica Walker, 1854

Subfamily: Herminiinae (Litter Moths)

Bleptina caradrinalis Bent-winged Owlet Moth Guenée, 1854
Bleptina flavivena (Troubridge, 2020)
Bleptina inferior Grote, 1872
Bleptina minimalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Bleptina sangamonia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Carteris oculatalis Dotted Carteris Moth (Moschler, 1890)
Chytolita morbidalis Morbid Owlet Moth (Guenée, 1854)
Chytolita petrealis Stone-winged Owlet Moth Grote, 1880
Hypenula cacuminalis Long-horned Owlet (Walker, 1859)
Idia "concisa" (species not yet described). Pale-winged Idia (Forbes, 1954)
Idia aemula Common Idia Moth Hübner, 1813
Idia americalis American Idia Moth (Guenée, 1854)
Idia denticulalis Toothed Idia (Harvey, 1875)
Idia diminuendis Orange-spotted Idia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Idia forbesii (French, 1894)
Idia gopheri (Smith, 1899)
Idia immaculalis (Hulst, 1886)
Idia julia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Idia laurentii (J. B. Smith, 1893)
Idia lubricalis Glossy Black Idia Moth (Geyer, 1832)
Idia majoralis (J. B. Smith, 1895)
Idia occidentalis (Smith, 1884)
Idia rotundalis Rotund Idia Moth (Walker, 1866)
Idia scobialis Smoky Idia (Grote, 1880)
Idia terrebralis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Lascoria alucitalis (Guenée, 1854)
Lascoria ambigualis Ambiguous Moth Walker, 1866
Lascoria orneodalis (Guenee, 1854)
Macristis bilinealis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Macristis schausi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
Macrochilo absorptalis Slant-lined Owlet Moth Walker, 1859
Macrochilo bivittata Two-striped Owlet (Grote, 1877)
Macrochilo hypocritalis Ferguson, 1982
Macrochilo litophora Brown-lined Owlet Moth (Grote, 1873)
Macrochilo louisiana Louisiana Macrochilo (Forbes, 1922)
Macrochilo orciferalis Bronzy Macrochilo Moth Walker, 1859
Palthis angulalis Dark-spotted Palthis Moth (Hübner, 1796)
Palthis asopialis Faint-spotted Palthis Moth (Guenée, 1854)
Phalaenophana pyramusalis Dark-banded Owlet Moth (Walker, 1859)
Phalaenostola eumelusalis Dark Phalaenostola Moth (Walker, 1859)
Phalaenostola hanhami Hanham's Owlet Moth (J B Smith, 1899)
Phalaenostola larentioides Black-banded Owlet Moth Grote, 1873
Phalaenostola metonalis Pale Epidelta Moth (Walker, 1859)
Phlyctaina irrigualis (Möschler, 1890)
Physula albipunctilla Schaus, 1916)
Redectis pygmaea Pygmy Redectis (Grote, 1878)
Redectis vitrea (Grote, 1878)
Renia adspergillus Speckled Renia Moth (Bosc, 1800)
Renia discoloralis Discolored Renia Moth (Guenee, 1854)
Renia factiosalis Sociable Renia Moth (Walker, 1859)
Renia flavipunctalis Yellow-spotted Renia Moth (Geyer, 1832)
Renia fraternalis Fraternal Renia Moth (J. B. Smith, 1895)
Renia nemoralis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Renia rigida J B Smith, 1905
Renia salusalis (Walker, 1859)
Renia sobrialis Sober Renia Moth (Walker, 1859)
Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Tetanolita floridana Florida Tetanolita Moth (J B Smith, 1895)
Tetanolita mynesalis Smoky Tetanolita Moth (Walker, 1859)
Tetanolita palligera (Smith, 1884)
Zanclognatha cruralis Early Zanclognatha Moth (Guenée, 1854)
Zanclognatha cruralis-obscuripennis Early Zanclognatha Moth/Dark Zanclognatha Moth (Guenée, 1854)/(Grote, 1872)
Zanclognatha dentata (Wagner & McCabe, 2011)
Zanclognatha laevigata Variable Zanclognatha Moth (Grote, 1872)
Zanclognatha lituralis Lettered Zanclognatha (Hubner, 1818)
Zanclognatha lutalba Canadian Zanclognatha (Smith, 1906)
Zanclognatha marcidilinea Yellowish Zanclognatha (Walker, 1859)
Zanclognatha martha Pine Barrens Zanclognatha Barnes, 1928
Zanclognatha minoralis (of authors, not Smith, 1895)
Zanclognatha new species (Not yet described)
Zanclognatha obscuripennis Dark Zanclognatha Moth (Grote, 1872)
Zanclognatha ochreipennis Wavy-lined Zanclognatha Moth (Grote, 1872)
Zanclognatha pedipilalis Grayish Zanclognatha Moth (Guenée, 1854)
Zanclognatha sp. Undescribed species (Wagner & McCabe, 2011)
Zanclognatha theralis (Walker, 1859)

Subfamily: Hypeninae (Hypenines)

Colobochyla interpuncta Yellow-lined Owlet (Grote, 1872)
Hypena abalienalis White-Lined Bomolocha Moth (Walker, 1859)
Hypena atomaria (Smith, 1903)
Hypena baltimoralis Baltimore Bomolocha Moth (Grote, 1854)
Hypena bijugalis Dimorphic Bomolocha Moth (Walker, 1859)
Hypena californica (Behr 1870)
Hypena deceptalis Deceptive Bomolocha Moth (Walker, 1859)
Hypena decorata (Smith, 1884)
Hypena degesalis (Walker, 1859)
Hypena edictalis Large Bomolocha (Walker, 1859)
Hypena humuli Hop Vine Moth Harris, 1841
Hypena madefactalis Gray-edged Bomolocha Moth (Guenée, 1854)
Hypena manalis Flowing-line Bomolocha Moth (Walker, 1859)
Hypena minualis Sooty Bomolocha Moth (Guenee, 1854)
Hypena palparia Mottled Bomolocha Moth (Walker, 1861)
Hypena porrectalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Hypena ramstadtii (Wyatt, 1967)
Hypena scabra Green Cloverworm Moth (Fabricius, 1798)
Hypena sordidula Sordid Bomolocha Moth (Grote, 1872)
Hypena vetustalis (Guenee, 1854)
Nychioptera accola Franclemont, 1966
Ommatochila mundula (Zeller, 1872)
Phytometra ernestinana Ernestine's Moth (Blanchard, 1840)
Phytometra rhodarialis Pink-bordered Yellow Moth (Walker, 1859)
Spargaloma sexpunctata Six-spotted Gray Moth Grote, 1873

Subfamily: Hypenodinae (Hypenodine Moths)

Abablemma bilineata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
Dasyblemma straminea (Dyar, 1923)
Dyspyralis illocata Visitation Moth (Warren, 1891)
Dyspyralis nigella (Strecker, 1900)
Hypena eductalis Red-footed Bomolocha Moth (Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010)
Hypenodes caducus Large Hypenodes Moth (Dyar, 1907)
Hypenodes fractilinea Broken Lined Hypenodes Moth (J E Smith, 1908)
Hypenodes franclemonti (Ferguson, 1954)
Hypenodes palustris (Ferguson, 1954)
Parahypenodes quadralis Masked Parahypenodes (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Quandara brauneata (Swett, 1913)
Schrankia macula Black-spotted Schrankia (Druce, 1891)

Subfamily: Erebinae (Erebine Moths)

Achaea ablunaris (Guenée, 1852)
Acritogramma metaleuca (Hampson, 1913)
Alabama argillacea Cotton Moth (Hübner, 1823)
Allotria elonympha False Underwing (Hübner, 1818)
Anomis editrix (Guenée, 1852)
Anomis erosa Yellow Scallop Moth Hübner, 1821
Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
Anomis illita Guenée, 1852
Anomis impasta Guenée, 1852
Anomis luridula (Guenee, 1852)
Anomis privata (Walker, 1865)
Anomis texana Riley, 1885
Antiblemma concinnula (Walker, 1865)
Antiblemma rufinans Live Oak Antiblemma (Guenee, 1852)
Anticarsia gemmatalis Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth Hübner, 1818
Argyrostrotis anilis Short-Lined Chocolate (Drury, 1773)
Argyrostrotis carolina Carolina Chocolate Moth (J. B. Smith, 1905)
Argyrostrotis deleta (Guenée, 1852)
Argyrostrotis erasa (Guenée, 1852)
Argyrostrotis flavistriaria (Hübner, 1831)
Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris Four-Lined Chocolate (Hübner, 1831)
Argyrostrotis sylvarum (Guenée, 1852)
Arugisa latiorella Watson's Arugisa (Walker, 1863)
Arugisa lutea Common Arugisa (Walker, 1863)
Ascalapha odorata Black Witch (Linnaeus, 1758)
Athyrma adjutrix (Cramer, 1780)
Athyrma ganglio (of authors, not Hübner [1831])
Azeta repugnalis (Hübner, 1825)
Azeta schausi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
Bendisodes aeolia (Druce, 1890)
Bulia deducta (Morrison, 1875)
Bulia similaris Richards, 1936
Caenurgia chloropha Vetch Looper Moth (Hübner, 1818)
Caenurgia togataria (Walker, 1862)
Caenurgina annexa (Hy. Edwards, 1890)
Caenurgina crassiuscula Clover Looper Moth (Haworth, 1809)
Caenurgina erechtea Forage Looper Moth (Cramer, 1780)
Calyptra canadensis Canadian Owlet (Bethune, 1865)
Catocala abbreviatella Abbreviated Underwing Grote, 1872
Catocala agrippina Agrippina Underwing Strecker, 1874
Catocala aholibah Aholibah Underwing Moth (Strecker, 1874)
Catocala alabamae Alabama Underwing Grote, 1875
Catocala amatrix Sweetheart Underwing (Hübner, 1809-13)
Catocala amestris Three-staffed Underwing Strecker, 1874
Catocala amica Girlfriend Underwing (Hübner, 1818)
Catocala amica, lineella (Hübner, 1818), (Grote, 1872)
Catocala andromedae Andromeda Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala angusi Angus's Underwing Grote, 1876
Catocala antinympha Sweetfern Underwing (Hübner, 1823)
Catocala babayaga Strecker, 1884
Catocala badia Bay Underwing or Badia Underwing Grote & Robinson, 1866
Catocala blandula Charming Underwing Moth Hulst, 1884
Catocala briseis Briseis Underwing Edwards, 1864
Catocala californica (Edwards, 1864)
Catocala cara Darling Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala carissima Hulst, 1880
Catocala cerogama Yellow-Banded Underwing Guenée 1852
Catocala chelidonia (Grote, 1881)
Catocala clintoni Clinton's Underwing Grote, 1864
Catocala coccinata Scarlet Underwing Grote
Catocala concumbens Sleepy Underwing Walker, [1858]
Catocala connubialis Connubial Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala consors Consort Underwing Moth (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Catocala crataegi Hawthorn Underwing Saunders, 1876
Catocala dejecta Dejected Underwing Strecker, 1880
Catocala delilah Delilah Underwing (Strecker, 1874)
Catocala dulciola Sweet Underwing Grote, 1881
Catocala epione Epione Underwing Drury, 1773
Catocala euphemia Beutenmüller, 1907
Catocala faustina (Strecker, 1873)
Catocala flebilis Mourning Underwing Grote, 1872
Catocala frederici Grote, 1872
Catocala gracilis Graceful Underwing Edwards, 1864
Catocala grotiana Bailey, 1879
Catocala grynea Woody Underwing Cramer, 1780
Catocala habilis Habilis Underwing Grote, 1872
Catocala hermia H. Edwards, 1880
Catocala herodias Herodias Underwing Strecker, 1876
Catocala herodias gherhardii Gehard's Underwing (Barnes & Benjamin, 1927)
Catocala ilia Ilia Underwing Cramer, 1780
Catocala illecta Magdalen Underwing Walker, 1858
Catocala innubens The Betrothed Guenée, 1852
Catocala insolabilis Inconsolable Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala irene Behr, 1870
Catocala jair Jair Underwing Strecker, 1897
Catocala judith Judith's Underwing Strecker, 1874
Catocala junctura Joined Underwing Moth Walker, 1858
Catocala lacrymosa Tearful Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala lincolnana Lincoln Underwing (Brower, 1976)
Catocala lineella Girlfriend Underwing Grote, 1872
Catocala luciana Luciana Underwing (Strecker, 1874)
Catocala maestosa Sad Underwing Hulst, 1884
Catocala marmorata Marbled Underwing Edwards, 1864
Catocala meskei Meske's Underwing (Grote, 1873)
Catocala messalina Messalina Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala micronympha Little Nymph Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala minuta Little Underwing Edwards, 1864
Catocala mira Wonderful Underwing Grote, 1876
Catocala miranda Miranda Edwards, 1881
Catocala muliercula The Little Wife Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala nebulosa Clouded Underwing Edwards, 1864
Catocala neogama The Bride (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Catocala nuptialis Married Underwing (Walker 1858)
Catocala obscura Obscure Underwing Strecker, 1873
Catocala ophelia (Hy. Edwards, 1880)
Catocala orba Orba Underwing Moth Kusnezov, 1903
Catocala palaeogama Oldwife Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala parta Mother Underwing Guenée, 1852
Catocala piatrix The Penitent Underwing Grote, 1864
Catocala praeclara Praeclara Underwing Grote and Robinson, 1866
Catocala relicta White Underwing Walker, [1858]
Catocala residua Residua Underwing Grote, 1874
Catocala retecta The Yellow-Gray Underwing Grote, 1872
Catocala robinsoni Robinson's Underwing Grote, 1872
Catocala sappho Sappho Underwing Strecker, 1874
Catocala semirelicta Semirelict Underwing Grote, 1874
Catocala serena Serene Underwing Edwards, 1864
Catocala similis Similar Underwing Edwards, 1864
Catocala sordida Sordid Underwing (Grote, 1877)
Catocala subnata Youthful Underwing Moth Grote, 1864
Catocala titania Titan Underwing Dodge, 1900
Catocala ulalume Strecker, 1878
Catocala ultronia Ultronia Underwing (Hübner, 1823)
Catocala umbrosa Umbrosa Underwing Moth Brou, 2002
Catocala unijuga Once-married Underwing Walker, 1858
Catocala verrilliana (Grote, 1875)
Catocala vidua The Widow (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Catocala violenta H. Edwards, 1880
Catocala whitneyi Whitney's Underwing Dodge 1874
Celiptera frustulum Black Bit Moth Guenée, 1852
Celiptera valina (Schaus, 1901)
Cissusa indiscreta (Hy. Edwards, 1886)
Cissusa mucronata (Grote, 1883)
Cissusa spadix Black-Dotted Brown (Cramer, 1780)
Cissusa valens (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Coenipeta bibitrix (Hubner, 1823)
Coxina cinctipalpis (J. B. Smith, 1899)
Cutina albopunctella Walker, 1866
Cutina aluticolor Pogue & Ferguson, 1998
Cutina arcuata Pogue & Ferguson, 1998
Cutina distincta (Grote, 1883)
Doryodes bistrialis Double-lined Doryodes (Geyer, 1832)
Doryodes grandipennis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Doryodes spadaria Dull Doryodes Guenée, [1858]
Doryodes tenuistriga Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Drasteria adumbrata (Behr, 1870)
Drasteria biformata (Hy. Edwards, 1878)
Drasteria convergens (Mustelin, 2006)
Drasteria divergens (Behr, 1870)
Drasteria eubapta Hampson, 1926
Drasteria fumosa (Strecker, 1898)
Drasteria grandirena Figure-seven Moth (Haworth, 1809)
Drasteria graphica Graphic Moth Hübner, 1818
Drasteria hastingsii (Hy. Edwards, 1878)
Drasteria hudsonica (Grote & Robinson, 1865)
Drasteria inepta Hy. Edwards, 1881
Drasteria ingeniculata (Morrison, 1876)
Drasteria mirifica (Hy. Edwards, 1878)
Drasteria occulta Occult Drasteria (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Drasteria ochracea (Behr, 1870)
Drasteria pallescens (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Drasteria perplexa (Hy. Edwards, 1884)
Drasteria petricola (Walker, 1858)
Drasteria pulchra (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Drasteria sabulosa (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Drasteria scrupulosa (Hy. Edwards, 1878)
Drasteria tejonica (Behr, 1870)
Dysgonia consobrina (Guenée, 1852)
Dysgonia similis (Guenée, 1852)
Dysgonia smithii Smith's Darkwing Guenée
Ephyrodes cacata Guenée, 1852
Epidromia pannosa Guenée, 1852
Epidromia rotundata (Herrich-Schaffer, 1869)
Eubolina impartialis Harvey, 1875
Euclidia ardita Franclemont, 1957
Euclidia cuspidea Toothed Somberwing (Hübner, 1818)
Euclystis guerini (Guenée, 1852)
Euclystis sytis (Guenée, 1852)
Eudocima apta (Walker, [1858])
Eudocima serpentifera (Walker, [1858])
Eulepidotis dominicata (Guenée, 1852)
Eulepidotis merricki (Holland, 1902)
Eulepidotis micca (Druce, 1889)
Eulepidotis rectimargo (Guenée, 1852)
Euparthenos nubilis Locust Underwing (Hübner, 1823)
Focillidia texana Hampson, 1913
Forsebia cinis Forsebia Moth (Guenee, 1852)
Gabara distema (Grote, 1880)
Gabara gigantea (J. B. Smith, 1905)
Gabara infumata (Hampson, 1926)
Gabara obscura (Grote, 1883)
Gabara pulverosalis (Walker, 1866)
Gabara stygialis (J. B. Smith, 1903)
Gabara subnivosella Walker, 1866
Glympis concors (Hübner, 1823)
Goniapteryx servia (Cramer, 1782)
Gonodonta nitidimacula Guenée, 1852
Gonodonta nutrix (Cramer, 1782)
Gonodonta pyrgo (Cramer, 1777)
Gonodonta sicheas (Cramer, 1777)
Gonodonta sinaldus Guenée, 1852
Gonodonta unica Neumoegen, 1891
Helia agna (Druce, 1890)
Hemeroblemma opigena (Drury, 1773)
Hemeroplanis finitima (J. B. Smith, 1893)
Hemeroplanis habitalis (Walker, 1859)
Hemeroplanis historialis (Grote, 1882)
Hemeroplanis immaculalis (Harvey, 1875)
Hemeroplanis incusalis (Grote, 1881)
Hemeroplanis obliqualis (Hy. Edwards, 1886)
Hemeroplanis parallela (J. B. Smith, 1907)
Hemeroplanis punitalis (J. B. Smith, 1907)
Hemeroplanis rectalis (Smith, 1907)
Hemeroplanis reversalis (J. B. Smith, 1907)
Hemeroplanis scopulepes Variable Tropic (Haworth, 1809)
Hemeroplanis secundalis (J. B. Smith, 1907)
Heteranassa fraterna (J. B. Smith, 1899)
Heteranassa mima (Harvey, 1876)
Heteranassa minor (J. B. Smith, 1899)
Hypocala andremona (Cramer, 1784)
Hypsoropha hormos Hübner, 1818
Hypsoropha monilis Large Necklace Moth (Fabricius, 1777)
Ianius mosca (Dyar, 1910)
Isogona natatrix Guenée, 1852
Isogona punctipennis (Grote, 1883)
Isogona scindens (Walker, 1858)
Isogona segura Barnes, 1907
Isogona snowi (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Isogona tenuis Thin-lined Owlet (Grote, 1872)
Isogona texana (J. B. Smith, 1900)
Kakopoda cincta J. B. Smith, 1900
Latebraria amphipyroides Guenée, 1852
Ledaea perditalis Lost Owlet Moth (Walker, 1859)
Lesmone detrahens Detracted Owlet (Walker, 1858)
Lesmone formularis (Geyer, 1837)
Lesmone fufius (Schaus, 1894)
Lesmone griseipennis (Grote, 1882)
Lesmone hinna (Geyer, 1837)
Litocala sexsignata (Harvey, 1875)
Litoprosopus futilis Palmetto Borer Moth (Grote & Robinson, 1868)
Lygephila victoria (Grote, 1874)
Massala obvertens (Walker, 1858)
Matigramma adoceta Franclemont (1986)
Matigramma emmilta Franclemont, 1986
Matigramma inopinata Franclemont, 1986
Matigramma obscurior Franclemont & Todd, 1983
Melipotis acontioides (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis agrotoides (Walker, [1858])
Melipotis cellaris (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis contorta (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, 1823)
Melipotis indomita Indomitable Melipotis (Walker, [1858])
Melipotis januaris January Melipotis (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis jucunda Merry Melipotis (Hübner, 1818)
Melipotis nigrobasis (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis novanda (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis perpendicularis (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis prolata (Walker, [1858])
Metalectra albilinea Richards, 1941
Metalectra bigallis (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Metalectra cinctus (J. B. Smith, 1905)
Metalectra diabolica Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
Metalectra discalis Common Fungus Moth (Grote, 1876)
Metalectra edilis (J. B. Smith, 1906)
Metalectra miserulata (Grote, 1882)
Metalectra quadrisignata Four-spotted Fungus Moth (Walker, [1858])
Metalectra richardsi Richard's Fungus Moth Brower, 1941
Metalectra tantillus Black Fungus Moth (Grote, 1875)
Metallata absumens (Walker, 1862)
Metria amella Live Oak Metria Moth (Guenée, 1852)
Metria bilineata (J. B. Smith, 1899)
Mocis cubana Hampson, 1913
Mocis disseverans Yellow Mocis (Walker, 1858)
Mocis latipes Small Mocis (Guenée, 1852)
Mocis marcida Withered Mocis (Guenée, 1852)
Mocis texana Texas Mocis (Morrison, 1875)
Obrima rinconada Schaus, 1894
Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852
Orodesma apicina Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Palpidia pallidior Dyar, 1898
Panopoda carneicosta Brown Panopoda Guenée, 1852
Panopoda repanda Orange Panopoda (Walker, [1858])
Panopoda rigida (J. B. Smith, 1903)
Panopoda rufimargo Red-lined Panopoda (Hübner, 1818)
Parallelia bistriaris Maple Looper Moth Hübner, 1818
Pharga pallens (Barnes & McDunnough, 1911)
Phoberia atomaris Common Oak Moth Hübner, 1818
Phoberia ingenua (Walker, 1858)
Phyprosopus callitrichoides Curve-lined Owlet Grote, 1872
Plusiodonta amado Barnes, 1907
Plusiodonta compressipalpis Moonseed Moth Guenée, 1852
Pseudanthracia coracias (Guenée, 1852)
Pseudorgyia russula Grote, 1883
Pseudorgyia versuta Harvey, 1875
Ptichodis bistrigata Southern Ptichodis Hübner, 1818
Ptichodis herbarum Common Ptichodis (Guenée, 1852)
Ptichodis vinculum Black-tipped Ptichodis (Guenée, 1852)
Radara anartoides (Walker, 1865)
Scolecocampa liburna Dead-wood Borer Moth (Geyer, 1837)
Scoliopteryx libatrix The Herald (Linnaeus, 1758)
Selenisa sueroides (Guenée, 1852)
Spiloloma lunilinea Moon-Lined Moth Grote, 1873
Syllectra erycata (Cramer, 1780)
Tathorhynchus exsiccata Alfalfa Looper Moth (Lederer, 1855)
Thysania zenobia Owl Moth Cramer, 1777
Toxonprucha clientis (Grote, 1882)
Toxonprucha crudelis (Grote, 1882)
Toxonprucha diffundens (Walker, 1858)
Toxonprucha pardalis (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Toxonprucha repentis (Grote, 1881)
Toxonprucha strigalis (J. B. Smith, 1903)
Toxonprucha volucris (Grote, 1883)
Tyrissa multilinea Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Zale aeruginosa Green-dusted Zale (Guenée, 1852)
Zale bethunei Bethune's Zale (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Zale buchholzi McDunnough, 1943
Zale calycanthata Double-banded Zale (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Zale chisosensis A. Blanchard & Franclemont, 1982
Zale colorado (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Zale confusa McDunnough, 1940
Zale curema (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Zale declarans (Walker, [1858])
Zale duplicata (Bethune, 1865)
Zale edusina (Harvey, 1875)
Zale exhausta (Guenée, 1852)
Zale fictilis (Guenée, 1852)
Zale galbanata Maple Zale (Morrison, 1876)
Zale helata Brown-spotted Zale (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Zale horrida Horrid Zale Hübner, 1819
Zale insuda (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Zale intenta (Walker, 1858)
Zale lunata Lunate Zale (Drury, 1773)
Zale lunifera Bold-based Zale (Hübner, 1818)
Zale metata (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Zale metatoides Washed-out Zale McDunnough, 1943
Zale minerea Colorful Zale (Guenée, 1852)
Zale obliqua Oblique Zale (Guenée, 1852)
Zale perculta Okefenokee Zale Franclemont, 1964
Zale peruncta (Guenée, 1852)
Zale phaeocapna Franclemont, 1950
Zale rubi (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Zale rubiata (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Zale sabena (Schaus, 1901)
Zale smithi Haimbach, 1928
Zale squamularis Gray-banded Zale (Drury, 1773)
Zale strigimacula (Guenée, 1852)
Zale submediana Strand, 1917
Zale termina (Grote, 1883)
Zale undularis Black Zale (Drury, 1773)
Zale unilineata One-lined Zale (Grote, 1876)
Zale viridans (Guenée, 1852)
Zaleops umbrina (Grote, 1883)

Subfamily: Eublemminae (Eublemmines)

Eublemma cinnamomea (Herrich - Schäffer, 1868)
Eublemma minima Everlasting Bud Moth (Guenée, 1852)
Eublemma recta Straight-lined Seed Moth (Guenee, 1852)
Pangrapta decoralis Decorated Owlet (Hubner, 1818)
Proroblemma testa (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)

Subfamily: Rivulinae (Rivulines)

Oxycilla malaca Bent-lined Tan Moth (Grote, 1873)
Oxycilla mitographa (Grote, 1873)
Oxycilla ondo (Barnes, 1907)
Oxycilla tripla Grote, 1896
Rivula propinqualis Spotted Grass Moth Guenée, 1854
Rivula pusilla (Moschler, 1890)
Rivula stepheni (Sullivan, 2009)
Zelicodes linearis (Grote, 1883)

Subfamily: Scolecocampinae (Scolecocampine Moths)

Amolita obliqua Oblique Grass Moth (Smith, 1903)
Dyspyralis puncticosta Spot-edged Dyspyralis Moth (J. B. Smith, 1908)
Nigetia formosalis Thin-winged Owlet Walker, 1866
Phobolosia anfracta (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Sigela basipunctaria (Walker, 1861)
Sigela eoides (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Sigela penumbrata (Hulst, 1896)

Subfamily: Lymantriinae (Tussock Moths)

Dasychira atrivenosa (Palm, 1873)
Dasychira basiflava Yellow-based Tussock Moth (Packard, 1864)
Dasychira cinnamomea Cinnamon Tussock Moth (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Dasychira dorsipennata Sharp-lined Tussock Moth (Barnes & McDunnough, 1919)
Dasychira grisefacta (Dyar, 1911)
Dasychira leucophaea (J. E. Smith, 1797)
Dasychira manto Manto Tussock Moth (Strecker, 1900)
Dasychira meridionalis Southern Tussock Moth (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Dasychira obliquata Streaked Tussock Moth (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Dasychira pinicola (Dyar, 1911)
Dasychira plagiata Northern Pine Tussock Moth (Walker, 1865)
Dasychira tephra Tephra Tussock Moth Hübner, [1809]
Dasychira vagans Variable Tussock Moth (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Euproctis chrysorrhoea Browntail Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leucoma salicis (White) Satin Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orgyia antiqua Rusty Tussock Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orgyia definita Definite Tussock Moth Packard, [1865]
Orgyia detrita Fir Tussock Moth (Guérin, 1831 )
Orgyia leucostigma White-marked Tussock Moth (J E Smith, 1797)
Orgyia leuschneri Riotte, 1972
Orgyia pseudotsugata Douglas Fir Tussock Moth (McDunnough, 1921)
Orgyia vetusta Western Tussock Moth (Boisduval, 1852)

Subfamily: Phytometrinae (Phytometrine Moths)

Cecharismena jalapena (Schaus, 1906)
Cecharismena nectarea (Möschler, 1890)
Phytometra obliqualis (Dyar, 1912)

Subfamily: Boletobiinae (Boletobiine Moths)

Mycterophora inexplicata Pale-edged Snout Moth (Walker, [1863])
Mycterophora monticola (Hulst, 1896)
Mycterophora rubricans (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Parascotia fuliginaria Waved Black (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phytometra apicata – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
Prosoparia floridana (Lafontaine & Dickel, 2009)

Subfamily: Scoliopteryginea (Scoliopterygine Moths)

Dinumma deponens (Walker, 1958)

Photographs of Erebidae


Lycomorphodes sordida
Virginian Tiger Moth or Yellow Woolybear Moth
Spilosoma virginica
Isabella Tiger Moth or Banded Woolybear
Pyrrharctia isabella

Litocala sexsignata
Leconte's Haploa
Haploa lecontei
Double-lined Doryodes
Doryodes bistrialis
Great Leopard Moth
Hypercompe scribonia
Wandering Tiger Moth
Spilosoma vagans
American Idia Moth
Idia americalis
Painted Lichen Moth
Hypoprepia fucosa
Dubious Tiger Moth
Spilosoma dubia
Virginia Ctenucha
Ctenucha virginica