Moths and Butterflies of North Carolina
Acronicta sinescripta
Acronicta sinescripta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from South Carolina to Highlands County, Florida and westward through the Gulf States to Louisiana.
False Underwing Moth
The False Underwing Moth (Allotria elonympha) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Amblyscirtes carolina
Amblyscirtes carolina (the Carolina Roadside Skipper) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from south-eastern Virginia, south to South Carolina, west to northern Mississippi. There are disjunct populations in Delaware, southern Illinois and northwest Arkansas.
Amblyscirtes reversa
Amblyscirtes reversa (the Reversed Roadside Skipper) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It has a scattered distribution from south-eastern Virginia, south to northern Georgia. It is also found in southern Mississippi and southern Illinois.
White-lined Leafroller
Amorbia humerosana, the White-lined Leafroller, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from the Gulf States to the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
Argyresthia oreasella
The Cherry Shoot Borer Moth (Argyresthia oreasella) is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in North America, including New York, Michigan, Idaho, Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris
The Four-Lined Chocolate Moth (Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from New York and New Hampshire south to Florida and Texas.
Catocala consors
The Consort Underwing (Catocala consors) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Maine and Connecticut south to Florida and west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma.
Catocala illecta
The Magdalen Underwing (Catocala illecta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from south-western Ontario south to Tennessee and South Carolina and west and south to Texas and north through Oklahoma and Kansas to Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
Catocala messalina
The Messalina Underwing (Catocala messalina) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas and north to Kansas.
walnut caterpillar
The Walnut Caterpillar Moth (Datana integerrima) is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Ontario, through most of the Eastern States west to Minnesota and south to northern Mexico.
Faint-spotted Angle
The Faint-spotted Angle or Locust Looper (Digrammia ocellinata) is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the eastern United States, Quebec and Ontario.
Doryodes bistrialis
The Double-lined Doryodes Moth (Doryodes bistrialis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America, including Delaware, Virginia, Mississippi and Florida.
Drasteria graphica
The Graphic Moth (Drasteria graphica) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the coastal dunes from Maine to Florida, west to Mississippi. It is also found along the shores of the Great Lakes in Michigan and Wisconsin.
locust twig borer
The Locust Twig Borer (Ecdytolopha insiticiana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America, including Pennsylvania, Iowa, West Virginia, Arkansas, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario.
Eilema bicolor
Manulea bicolor, the Bicolored Moth or Yellow-edged Footman, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in boreal North America, from Labrador and Massachusetts to Yukon and British Columbia. In the Rocky Mountains, it ranges south to southern Colorado. The habitat consists of boreal forests, parklands and riparian cottonwoods in the prairies.
Variegated Midget
The Variegated Midget (Elaphria versicolor) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North-eastern North America, including Ontario and Ohio.
Dimorphic Macalla Moth
The Dimorphic Macalla Moth (Epipaschia superatalis) is a moth in the Pyralidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Eumorpha intermedia
The Intermediate Sphinx (Eumorpha intermedia) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives in North Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Texas....
locust underwing
The Locust Underwing (Euparthenos nubilis) is a noctuoid moth, the only member of its genus Euparthenos. It resembles some of the underwing moths of genus Catocala, which are fairly close relatives, in color, pattern, and the habit of resting on tree trunks. But E. nubilis can usually be immediately recognized by the 4 concentric black bands ...more ↓
Eupithecia peckorum
Eupithecia peckorum, Peck's Pug Moth, is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in eastern Texas, Missouri, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Exyra ridingsii
Exyra ridingsii is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from North Carolina to Florida and Alabama.
Exyra semicrocea
The Pitcher Plant Mining Moth (Exyra semicrocea) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Northern North Carolina south to Florida west to Texas and New Jersey.
Gabara distema
Gabara distema is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, including Texas, Arizona, North Carolina and Florida.
Glaphyria fulminalis
The Black-patched Glaphyria (Glaphyria fulminalis) is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in the eastern part of the United States, from Connecticut to Florida, west to Texas and Illinois.
Grammia placentia
Grammia placentia, the Placentia Tiger Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by J.E. Smith in 1797. It is found in the south-eastern United States, from New Jersey to Florida. The habitat consists of dry, sandy open wooded areas, primarily pine barrens.
Hahncappsia mancalis
Hahncappsia mancalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from Maryland to Illinois, south to Florida, Texas and Arizona and further south to Mexico and Costa Rica.
Plain Plume Moth
Hellinsia homodactylus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America (including New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, California, Oregon, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta) and Guerrero in Mexico.
