SBBG Lompoc SWP Floral Visitor Guide
A guide of all the insects we have seen visiting plants or seen in the area. 2020-2022 updated.
Lesser Yellow Underwing
The lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Small Heliothodes Moth
The Small Heliothodes Moth (Heliothodes diminutivus) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from California, through Oregon to Washington.
American Ear Moth
The American Ear Moth (Amphipoea americana) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in the northern United States and southern Canada, it is also present in the Northwest Territories, south in the west to California, south in the east to Georgia
Bryolymnia viridata
Bryolymnia viridata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in western California from Sonoma County north of San Francisco southward to San Diego County.
Schinia buta
Schinia buta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to southeast California and northwest Nevada.
Noctuid Moths
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera.
Large Yellow Underwing
The Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) is a moth, the type species for the family Noctuidae. It is an abundant species throughout Europe, one of the most common and most familiar moths of the region. In some years the species is highly migratory with large numbers appearing suddenly in marginal parts of the range.
Caradrina montana
Caradrina montana is a small moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is common to western North America as well as western Asia and Europe. It feeds on alfalfa leaves.
Bryolymnia viridata
Bryolymnia viridata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in western California from Sonoma County north of San Francisco southward to San Diego County.
White-Speck
The White-Speck (Mythimna unipuncta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found nearly world-wide, except the east-Palearctic and the Eastern and Australian regions.
Egira hiemalis
Egira hiemalis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from British Columbia south to California.
Zosteropoda hirtipes
Zosteropoda hirtipes is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the wet coastal forests of North America east to the Rocky Mountains.
Girdler Moth
The Olive Green Cutworm or Girdler Moth (Dargida procinctus) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Wisconsin and Manitoba to British Columbia, south to California and Arizona.
American Dun-bar Moth
The American Dun-bar Moth (Cosmia calami) is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, including California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin.
Bilobed Looper
Stephen's Gem or the Bilobed Looper (Megalographa biloba) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widely distributed from the southern parts of the United States, south through Central America and South America up to Argentina. As a seasonal migrant it occurs even farther north into the northern parts of the United States and southern Canada. Here it usually produces one ...more ↓
Alfalfa Looper
The Alfalfa Looper (Autographa californica) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Southern British Columbia to Baja California and to Manitoba, South Dakota, Colorado and New Mexico.
mariposa forester
Mariposa forester (Alypia mariposa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in California, from Kern and San Luis Obispo counties in the south to Placer county in the north.
Marble Dagger Moth
The Marble Dagger Moth (Acronicta marmorata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread in the Pacific West of North America, including British Columbia, Oregon and Washington.
Feralia februalis
Feralia februalis is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the dry woodlands of the Pacific West of North America.
Small Heliothodes Moth
The Small Heliothodes Moth (Heliothodes diminutivus) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from California, through Oregon to Washington.
Cyclodes omma
Cyclodes omma is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Oriental tropics to the Moluccas, including India, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Bali, Sumatra, Timor, Flores, Sulawesi, the Philippines, China and Taiwan.
Maliattha signifera
Maliattha signifera is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand as well as in Australia (Queensland).
Callopistria maillardi
Callopistria maillardi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found in Hawaii, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Society Islands, Sulawesi, as well as Queensland in Australia.
Oriental Leafworm
Oriental Leafworm Moth Spodoptera litura is a Noctuid moth which is considered as an agricultural pest. It is also known as the Cluster caterpillar, Cotton leafworm, Tobacco cutworm, and Tropical armyworm. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics. It is also established on most Polynesian islands where it occurs in a variety of island forms.
Lawn Armyworm
The Lawn Armyworm (Spodoptera mauritia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread from the Red Sea to India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaya to Australia and widespread in the Pacific Islands, including the Solomons, New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, the Society Islands, Austral Islands, Marquesas and Marshall Islands.
The Latin
The Latin (Callopistria juventina) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found in the Palearctic ecozone.
Ipsilon Dart Moth
Agrotis ipsilon, the dark sword-grass, black cutworm, greasy cutworm, or floodplain cutworm is a small noctuid moth found worldwide. The moth gets its scientific name from black markings on its forewings shaped like a letter "Y" and resembles the Greek letter epsilon. The larvae are known as "cutworms" because they cut plants and other crops. The ...more ↓
Slender Burnished Brass
Thysanoplusia orichalcea, known as the Slender burnished brass, Golden Plusia or Soybean looper (though technically not a member of the Looper moth family), is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is polyphagous pest of vegetable crops that originated in Indonesia, from where it spread to Europe, India, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In northern Europe it ...more ↓
Shuttle-shaped Dart
The Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is common in the Western part of Europe, but is also found in southern and central Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.
Square-spot Rustic
The square-spot rustic (Xestia xanthographa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa, Europe, northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.
Large Yellow Underwing
The large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba) is a moth, the type species for the family Noctuidae. It is an abundant species throughout the Palearctic ecozone, one of the most common and most familiar moths of the region. In some years the species is highly migratory with large numbers appearing suddenly in marginal parts of the range.
Angle Shades
The angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe as far east as the Urals and also in the Azores, in Algeria, and in Asia Minor, Armenia, and Syria. It is strongly migratory.
Mythimna congrua
Mythimna congrua is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Algeria, southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Syria, the Caucasian and Transcaucasian region, Azerbaijan, Iraq and Turkmenistan. The moth has a wingspan of 31-36mm.
Mythimna languida
Mythimna languida is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in almost all parts of tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean basin.
White-speck Moth
Mythimna unipuncta or true armyworm moth is a nocturnal agricultural pest belonging to the Noctuidae family. This moth is also commonly referred to by the scientific name Pseudaletia unipuncta, white-speck moth or common armyworm. Mythimna unipuncta is found in the Americas and in parts of Europe, Africa and Asia. They are known ...more ↓
The Delicate
Mythimna vitellina, the delicate', is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is mainly distributed throughout southern Europe and the southern part of Eastern Europe. It is also found far less commonly further north in Europe. Also in North Africa, the Near East and Middle East, Central Asia and western China.
The Nutmeg
The nutmeg (Anarta trifolii or Hadula trifolii), also known as the clover cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Beaded Chestnut
Agrochola lychnidis, the beaded chestnut, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout the whole of Europe from Ireland to the Urals. It also occurs in western North Africa and Asia minor.
Feathered Brindle
The Feathered Brindle (Aporophyla australis) is a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in western and southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Spotted Sulphur
Emmelia trabealis, sometimes known as the Spotted sulphur, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae.
Slender Burnished Brass
Thysanoplusia orichalcea, the slender burnished brass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a polyphagous pest of vegetable crops that originated in Indonesia, from where it spread to Europe, South Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In northern Europe it is a migrant species.
Cabbage Looper Moth
The cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) is a moth in the family Noctuidae, a family commonly referred to as owlet moths. Its common name comes from its preferred host plants and distinctive crawling behavior. Cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, bok choy, and broccoli, are its main host plant; hence, the reference to cabbage in its common name. The larvae is called a looper ...more ↓
Silver Y
The Silver Y (Autographa gamma) is a migratory moth of the family Noctuidae which is named for the silvery Y-shaped mark on each of its forewings.
Nut-Tree Tussock
Colocasia coryli (nut-tree tussock) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe. Western Asia. In the North, the distribution area includes northern Scandinavia, in the South the moth is limited to montane areas of Western and Northern Spain, Sicily, Greece and Asia minor. In the East the range extends across the Palearctic to Lake Baikal.In the Alps ...more ↓
Marbled Green
Cryphia muralis, the marbled green, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe. Its wings are colored white through several shades of green. However, the green coloring will eventually fade.
Knot Grass Moth
Acronicta rumicis, the knot grass, is a moth which is part of the Acronicta genus and Noctuidae family. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is mainly seen in the Palearctic region, which includes Asia, Africa, and Europe. A. rumicis lives and feeds on plants located in wide-open areas. At its larval ...more ↓
Four-spotted Moth
Tyta luctuosa is a noctuid ("owlet") moth. Its common names include four-spotted moth and field bindweed moth. It is the only member of the genus Tyta, which forms a hitherto monotypic tribe Tytini in the Catocalinae subfamily.
The Bordered Straw
Heliothis peltigera, the bordered straw, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Southern Europe and the Near East, but can be found further north too, because it is a migratory species. It is also present in most of Africa and in Asia, ranging to China and Laos.
Cotton Bollworm Moth
The cotton bollworm, corn earworm or Old World (African) bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, (also known as the scarce bordered straw in the UK, where it is a migrant) is a moth, the larvae of which feed on a wide range of plants, including many important cultivated crops. It is a major pest in cotton and one of the most polyphagous and cosmopolitan pest ...more ↓
