Moths and Butterflies of North Carolina
Idia majoralis
The Greater Idia (Idia majoralis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario and Quebec, south into the United States, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri.
Lintneria eremitus
The Hermit Sphinx (Lintneria eremitus) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the temperate areas of the eastern United States, north into southern Canada over the Great Plains. It prefers gardens and yards, but is common wherever the nectar and larval host plants are found. This moth is easily confused with the Canadian Sphinx (Sphinx canadensis) but these ...more ↓
Small Mossy Lithacodia
The Small Mossy Lithacodia Moth (Deltote musta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from New Hampshire to Florida, west to Arizona and north to Wisconsin.
Macaria signaria
The Dusky Peacock, Pale-marked Angle or Spruce-fir Looper (Macaria signaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. Subspecies Macaria signaria signaria is found in Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the Ural, Siberia, Far East, Sakhalin, Northern Iran and Japan. Subspecies Macaria signaria dispuncta is found in North America (from Yukon and ...more ↓
Yucca Giant-skipper
Megathymus yuccae, commonly known as the Yucca Giant-Skipper, is a rare early season butterfly that is widespread across the southern United States. It belongs in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Megathyminae.
Nematocampa baggettaria
Nematocampa baggettaria, Baggett's Spanworm Moth, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and North Carolina.
Decorated Owlet
The Decorated Owlet (Pangrapta decoralis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Alberta to Nova Scotia south to Florida and Texas.
The Hebrew Moth
The Hebrew Moth or Hebrew (Polygrammate hebraeicum) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the eastern parts of North America, from Ontario, south to Florida and as far west as Texas.
Ponometia semiflava
The Half-Yellow or Yellow-cloaked Midget (Ponometia semiflava) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from New York and New England to Florida, west to Arizona, north to British Columbia and Manitoba.
Psamatodes abydata
Macaria abydata, commonly known as the Dot-lined Angle, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is native from northern Argentina to the Caribbean and southern United States (southern states from Arizona to Florida, regularly wandering north to Colorado, Kentucky and other more northern states). It has been introduced to the Pacific and has spread rapidly since. The first ...more ↓
Pyrrhia aurantiago
The Orange Sallow Moth or Aureolaria Seed Borer (Rhodoecia aurantiago) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It has a scattered distribution from southern Maine and the hills around Boston, Massachusetts, west across southern Ontario to south-western Wisconsin and Missouri, south into Florida and Texas.
Oak Hairstreak
The Oak Hairstreak or Southern Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from southern New England and the Atlantic Coast south to peninsular Florida and west to central Illinois, south-eastern Colorado and the Gulf Coast.
Schinia siren
The Aluring Schinia Moth (Schinia siren) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, including Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.
Deadwood Borer Moth
The Dead-wood Borer, Scolecocampa liburna, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern Wisconsin and Michigan to central New England south to Florida and Texas.
Scopula aemulata
Scopula aemulata, the Imitator Wave, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the south-eastern United States (including Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina).
Scopula purata
The Chalky Wave (Scopula purata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Ontario and New Hampshire to Florida and to Mississippi.
Sphingicampa bicolor
The Honey Locust Moth (Syssphinx bicolor) is a North American moth in the family Saturniidae.
Sphinx franckii
Franck's Sphinx Moth (Sphinx franckii) is a moth in the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland deciduous woodland in the eastern United States but also suburban areas where Lilacs (Syringa species) are planted, ranging from New York to northern Florida east to Missouri and Louisiana.
Dubious Tiger Moth
Spilosoma dubia, the Dubious Tiger Moth, is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found from south-eastern Canada west to Alberta and in the eastern United States. The habitat consists of aspen parkland and southern boreal forests.
Syngrapha alias
The Hooked Silver Y (Syngrapha alias) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in from Newfoundland to Alaska and Vancouver Island, north to near the treeline and south in the west to coastal north California and Arizona, in the east to North Carolina.
Confused Cloudywing
The Mexican Cloudywing, Mountain Cloudy Wing or Nevada Cloudy Wing (Thorybes mexicana) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the high elevation mountains of the western United States south into Mexico.
Boomerang Dart
The Boomerang Dart (Xestia perquiritata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found across North America from Newfoundland, Labrador and northern New England, west to central Yukon, British Columbia and Washington. There are several disjunct populations, including one in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and a coastal bog in central ...more ↓
