Moths and Butterflies of Massachusetts
Oregon Cycnia Moth
Cycnia oregonensis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in most of North America, from coast to coast and from the border with Mexico north to central Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.
Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth
Pseudeustrotia carneola, the pink-barred lithacodia moth, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick west to Alberta and Colorado, south to the Gulf of Mexico. The habitat consists of woodland edges, mesic meadows and grasslands regions.
Wedgling Moth
The Wedgling Moth (Galgula partita) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from most of North America south to Guatemala and the Caribbean. It is also present on Madeira, the Canary Islands and in Spain.
Flame-shouldered Dart
Ochropleura implecta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland to South Carolina, west to Arizona, north to British Columbia.
Greater Black-letter Dart
The greater black-letter dart, woodland spotted cutworm or spotted cutworm (Xestia dolosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae (Note that the common name spotted cutworm is also used for larvae of Xestia c-nigrum). It is found from New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to Florida west to Texas, north to North Dakota and Manitoba.
Gray-edged Snout
The Gray-edged Hypena or Gray-eyed Bomolocha (Hypena madefactalis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from extreme southern Canada (Quebec) to Georgia and Texas.
Hop Vine Snout
The Hop Looper or Hop Vine Moth (Hypena humuli) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in Canada south in the east to Florida and Arkansas in the west to California. It is apparently absent from the south-central states. In Canada it is only absent from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and the far north.
Sociable Renia Moth
The Dark-banded Renia (Renia factiosalis) is a litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Canada to Florida and Texas.
Pine Measuringworm Moth
Hypagyrtis piniata, the pine measuringworm, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Black-bordered Lemon Moth
The Black-bordered Lemon Moth (Marimatha nigrofimbria) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Massachusetts westward through northern Ohio to Illinois and Oklahoma and southward to southern Florida and southernmost Texas.
Arcigera Flower Moth
The Arcigera Flower Moth (Schinia arcigera) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Arizona and Idaho, north to Saskatchewan.
Sober Renia Moth
Renia sobrialis, the sober renia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Mississippi and Minnesota.
Saw-wing
Euchlaena serrata, the saw-wing moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in eastern North America.
Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon exitiosa, the peachtree borer, is a species of moth in the family Sesiidae that is native to North America.
Three-lined Leafroller Moth
Pandemis limitata, the three-lined leafroller, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and from the east coast west to the Rocky Mountains and Arizona. It has also been recorded from Durango in Mexico.
White-spotted Brown
Diastictis ventralis, the white-spotted brown moth, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Primrose Moth
The Primrose Moth (Schinia florida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, from Alberta to Nova Scotia south in east to northern Florida and Texas.
Large Tolype Moth
Tolype velleda, the large tolype moth or velleda lappet moth, is a species of moth of the Lasiocampidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to central Florida, west to Texas and north to Ontario.
Ragweed Flower Moth
The Ragweed Flower (Schinia rivulosa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Quebec to Florida, west to Arizona, north to Oregon and North Dakota. There is one generation per year.
Pawpaw Sphinx
Dolba hyloeus (pawpaw sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It ranges throughout the eastern United States from Maine south to Florida, and west to Wisconsin, eastern Oklahoma, and southern Texas.
Southern Pine Sphinx
Lapara coniferarum (southern pine sphinx) is a species of sphinx moth. It is known from mixed and pine forests from Nova Scotia and Maine south to Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana.
Ash Sphinx
Manduca jasminearum, the ash sphinx, is a member of the Sphingidae family of moths. It ranges from east of the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, being common in the Northeast United States.
Modest Sphinx
Pachysphinx modesta (modest sphinx, poplar sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Small-eyed Sphinx
Paonias myops (small-eyed sphinx) is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from south-eastern Canada to Florida and westward almost to the Pacific Coast. It is also known from Mexico.
Wild Cherry Sphinx
Sphinx drupiferarum (wild cherry sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from the temperate parts of the United States to southern Canada.
Clemens' Sphinx
Sphinx luscitiosa (Clemens' hawkmoth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Nova Scotia south to New Jersey, west through Michigan, Wisconsin and the northern plains to Alberta, Saskatchewan and Montana and south to Utah. It has been taken as far north as Yukon.
Lettered Sphinx
Deidamia inscriptum (lettered sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is the only member of the Deidamia genus.
Oldwife Underwing
The Old Wife Underwing (Catocala palaeogama) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Ontario and Quebec (where it is rare), through Maine, New Jersey, Tennessee, to South Carolina, west to Arkansas and Oklahoma and north through Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
Brown Scoopwing
Calledapteryx is a monotypic scoopwing moth genus in the family Uraniidae. Its only species, Calledapteryx dryopterata, the brown scoopwing moth, is found in the eastern United States. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1868.
Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix Moth
Blepharomastix ranalis, the hollow-spotted blepharomastix moth, is a species of grass moth of the Crambidae family found in the eastern and southern United States and Mexico.
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
Xanthorhoe ferrugata, the dark-barred twin-spot carpet, is a moth of the genus Xanthorhoe in the family Geometridae.It has a Holarctic distribution.
Peppered Moth
The peppered moth (Biston betularia) is a temperate species of night-flying moth. Peppered moth evolution is an example of population genetics and natural selection.
Large Maple Spanworm Moth
Prochoerodes lineola, the large maple spanworm, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Alberta.
Packard's Lichen Moth
Cisthene packardii, Packard's lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Grote in 1863. It is found from New York to Florida and from Missouri to Texas. The habitat consists of barrens and dry oak woodlands in the northern part of the range and a variety of woodlands and scrubs in the south.
Pale Lichen Moth
Crambidia pallida, the pale lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to North Dakota and Manitoba. The habitat consists of forests and woodlands.
Brown Panopoda Moth
The Brown Panopoda (Panopoda carneicosta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario, Quebec and Maine, south to Florida, west to Texas, north to Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Eyed Baileya Moth
Baileya ophthalmica, the eyed baileya, is a species of nolid moth in the family Nolidae. It is found in North America.
Subgothic Dart
The Gothic Dart or Subgothic Dart (Feltia subgothica) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in central North America, north to Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
New England Buckmoth
Hemileuca lucina, the New England buck moth, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. This moth species is only found in the New England region of the United States. Larvae in early stages mainly feed on meadow-sweet whereas larvae in later stages show variation in food sources such as blackberry and black cherry leaves. Larvae have a black body with orange/black ...more ↓
Huckleberry Sphinx
Paonias astylus (huckleberry sphinx) is a moth in the family Sphingidae. It is found in eastern North America, from Maine south to Florida, west to Missouri and Mississippi.
Apple Sphinx
Sphinx gordius (apple sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the northern parts of the United States and southern Canada, mostly east of the Rocky Mountains, additionally it is found along the east coast to Florida and in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado.
Hydrangea Sphinx
Darapsa versicolor (hydrangea sphinx) is a member of the family Sphingidae that inhabits eastern North America, often in wetlands.
Ello Sphinx
Erinnyis ello, commonly known as the "ello sphinx", is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is distributed from Argentina through Central America to the United States as far north as Nevada.
Grease Moth
Aglossa cuprina, the grease moth, is a snout moth, family Pyralidae, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872. The grease moth is closely related to the genus Pyralis, and as a result, is usually associated with the meal moth, Pyralis farinalis.
Oak Besma Moth
Besma quercivoraria, the oak besma, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found across southern Canada (from Newfoundland to British Columbia) and all of the United States except California.
Black Wedge-spot
Homophoberia apicosa, the black wedge-spot, is a species of owlet moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Celery Leaftier Moth
The celery leaftier or greenhouse leaftier (Udea rubigalis) is a member of the Crambidae family which has a range throughout North America, Central America and South America.
Florida Fern Moth
The Florida Fern Moth or Florida Fern Caterpillar (Callopistria floridensis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from North America (including Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, New Brunswick, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas)., south through the Caribbean (including ...more ↓
Young's Grass-veneer
Crambus youngellus, or Young's grass-veneer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Kearfott in 1908. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from north-eastern United States and southern Ontario.
Western Bean Cutworm Moth
Western bean cutworm (Striacosta albicosta) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family and the only member of the Striacosta genus. It is endemic to the Western parts of the United States, but since 2000, the species has spread east through Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio.
Deceptive Snout
Hypena deceptalis, the deceptive hypena or deceptive bomolocha moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Manitoba to Quebec, south to Florida and Texas. It is absent from much of Gulf Coastal Plain though.
Banded Olethreutes Moth
Olethreutes fasciatana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is known from North America, including Alabama, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Lesser Maple Leafroller
Acleris chalybeana, the lesser maple leafroller moth, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, ...more ↓
Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth
Choristoneura rosaceana, the oblique banded leaf roller or rosaceous leaf roller, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is native to North America, but has been accidentally introduced into other parts of the world.
Many-spotted Scoparia Moth
Scoparia basalis, the many-spotted scoparia moth, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in North America, including Arkansas, British Columbia, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
Changeable Grass-veneer
Fissicrambus mutabilis, the changeable grass-veneer or striped sod webworm, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from Quebec to Florida, west to Texas and Illinois and north to Ontario.
Common Eupithecia Moth
The Common Eupithecia (Eupithecia miserulata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in North America, from Ontario and Maine in the north to Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas in the south. It is also found in Arizona and California.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth
The Punctuated Owlet (Phalaenostola eumelusalis) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from New Brunswick, North Dakota and South Dakota to Maine, south to Georgia and Iowa. In the north it is also found in Saskatchewan.
Yellow Three-Spot
Apamea helva, the yellow three-spot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Saskatchewan to New Brunswick, south to Georgia, and west to Oklahoma and Colorado.
Penitent Underwing
The Penitent Underwing (Catocala piatrix) is a Erebidae moth from North America. It is placed in subfamily Catocalinae, either of the family Noctuidae, or – if the Noctuidae are circumscribed more strictly – of family Erebidae. Within the Catocalinae, it belongs to tribe Catocalini and – if the Noctuidae are circumscribed widely – subtribe Catocalina.
Titan Sphinx
Aellopos titan (titan sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It has been found all the way from Maine in the United States through Central America and south to Argentina and Uruguay in South America.
Common Pinkband
Ogdoconta cinereola, the Common Pinkband Moth, is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern, central, and south-western North America. It occurs from southern Ontario and Quebec south to southern Florida. At the western edge of its distribution, it occurs from Manitoba southward through the Great Plains of Nebraska and Iowa, south throughout most of Texas, ...more ↓
Northern Burdock Borer Moth
Papaipema arctivorens, the northern burdock borer, is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Quebec to northern Georgia, west to Missouri and north to Minnesota and Ontario.
Porcelain Gray
The Porcelain gray (Protoboarmia porcelaria), also known as the Dash-lined looper, is a Geometrid found throughout North America, except in the far north.
Phragmites Wainscot
Leucania phragmitidicola (phragmites wainscot) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae found in the eastern United States and Canada.
Waterlily Owlet
Homophoberia cristata, known generally as the waterlily moth or crested wedge-spot moth, is a species of owlet moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Inclined Dart
Dichagyris acclivis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern Ontario and southern Massachusetts south to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, west to Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas and south to east central Texas. It is listed as a species of special concern in Connecticut....
Sod Webworm Moth
Pediasia trisecta, the large sod webworm or greater sod webworm, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in the United States and southern Canada.
Newman's Mathildana Moth
Mathildana newmanella, or Newman's mathildana moth, is a species of concealer moth in the family Oecophoridae.
Grape Plume Moth
Geina periscelidactyla (grape plume moth) is a moth of the Pterophoroidea family. It is found in eastern North America.
Eastern Grass-veneer
Crambus laqueatellus, the Eastern Grass-veneer, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario and Maine to South Carolina, west to Texas and north to North Dakota.
Epione Underwing
The Epione Underwing (Catocala epione) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Quebec and Ontario south through Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma.
Yellow Slant-line
Tetracis crocallata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan to Alberta, south to northern Florida, west to Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and extreme eastern Texas.
Regal Fritillary
The regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) is a striking nymphalid butterfly found among some of the remaining tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in the east-central United States. This prairie-specialist butterfly has a characteristic deep orange color and unmistakable dark hindwings with two bands of spots (Brock 2003). On the female, both bands of spots are white. However, on the ...more ↓
Dimorphic Tosale Moth
Tosale oviplagalis, the dimorphic tosale moth, is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found from eastern North America (from New York to Florida and west to Illinois and Texas) south to Colombia and Peru.
American Dagger
Acronicta americana, the American dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was originally described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841 and is native to North America.
Yellow-banded Underwing
The yellow-banded underwing (Catocala cerogama) is a species of Catocalini that occurs in North America.
Two-spotted Aethes
Aethes atomosana, the two-spotted aethes, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Asteroid Moth
Cucullia asteroides, known generally as the goldenrod hooded owlet or asteroid moth, is a species of owlet moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Striped Garden Caterpillar Moth
The Striped Garden Caterpillar (Trichordestra legitima) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Texas, north to Saskatchewan.
Zigzag Herpetogramma Moth
Herpetogramma thestealis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in most of North America.
Grateful Midget
Elaphria grata, the Grateful Midget Moth, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, ...more ↓
Ambiguous Moth
The Ambiguous Moth (Lascoria ambigualis) is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Wisconsin to Maine, south to Florida and Texas.
Tufted Apple Bud Moth
The tufted apple bud moth (Platynota idaeusalis) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Ontario, south to Florida, west to Oklahoma.
Red-headed Inchworm Moth
Macaria bisignata, the redheaded inchworm, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Newfoundland to Georgia, west to Arizona, north to Ontario.
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth
Saucrobotys futilalis, the dogbane saucrobotys moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Lederer in 1863. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the north-east to British Columbia and south to Texas and California.
White-fringed Emerald
Nemoria mimosaria, the white-fringed emerald or flanged looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Nova Scotia to south-eastern Alberta, south to Virginia, Illinois, and Texas.
Striped Eudonia Moth
Eudonia strigalis, the striped eudonia moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1906. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to southern Ontario and south to Florida.
Double-striped Scoparia Moth
Scoparia biplagialis, the double-striped scoparia moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1866. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, ...more ↓
Lesser Vagabond Sod Webworm Moth
Agriphila ruricolella, the lesser vagabond sod webworm, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec and Maine to South Carolina, west to Arizona and north to Alberta. The habitat consists of grasslands, weedy areas, fields and cultivated areas.
Variable Tussock Moth
Dasychira vagans, the variable tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Newfoundland to southern British Columbia in the north and North Carolina and Utah in the west. The habitat consists of forests, including coastal rainforests, high elevation mixed hardwood-conifer forests, oak woodlands and mixed ...more ↓
Toothed Somberwing
The Toothed Somberwing (Euclidia cuspidea) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Quebec west to western Alberta, north to the Northwest Territories and south to the Gulf of Mexico.
Gray Half-Spot
The Gray Half-Spot (Nedra ramosula) is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from Manitoba to Newfoundland, south to Florida, west to Texas.
Johnson's Euchlaena Moth
Euchlaena johnsonaria, Johnson's euchlaena moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern coastal British Columbia east to Nova Scotia, south to New Jersey, Missouri and Oregon. The habitat consists of deciduous wooded areas.
Master's Dart
The herald dart or Master's dart (Feltia herilis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland, north to the Northwest Territories border and south to the Gulf coast.
