Lepidoptera of the Royal Hills, NW Caddo Parish, LA
Lepidoptera photographed on my 153 acre farm East of Vivian, LA
Luna Moth
The Luna Moth (Actias luna) is a lime-green, Nearctic Saturniid moth in the subfamily Saturniinae.
Gulf Fritillary
The Gulf Fritillary or Passion Butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) is a striking, bright orange butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Heliconiinae. These were formerly classified in a separate family, the Heliconiidae or longwing butterflies, and like other longwings this species does have long, rather narrow wings in comparison with other butterflies. It is not ...more ↓
Walnut Sphinx Moth
The Walnut Sphinx (Amorpha juglandis) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from the southern United States up into parts of Canada.
Spiny Oakworm Moth
The Spiny Oakworm Moth (Anisota stigma) is a moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found from Massachusetts and south Ontario to Florida, west to Minnesota, Kansas and Texas.
Shagreened Slug Moth
The Shagreened Slug Moth (Apoda biguttata) is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Argyrostrotis anilis
The Short-lined Chocolate (Argyrostrotis anilis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Quebec and Ontario, down through the eastern United States to Florida and Texas.
Ailanthus Webworm Moth
The Ailanthus webworm, Atteva aurea, is an ermine moth now found commonly in the United States. It was formerly known under the scientific name Atteva punctella (see Taxonomy section).
Bent-winged Owlet
The Bent-winged Owlet or Variable Snout-Moth (Bleptina caradrinalis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, from Nova Scotia west to British Columbia, south to Arizona. Furthermore, it is found from southern North America south to Brazil and on the Antilles.
Forage looper
The Forage Looper or Common Grass Moth (Caenurgina erechtea) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in the United States and adjacent parts of Canada. It is not found in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.
Red-banded Hairstreak
The Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) is a butterfly native to the southeastern United States. It feeds on fallen leaves of sumac species and other trees. Its size ranges from 0.9–1.25 inches. It lives near coastal areas and edges.
Waved Sphinx Moth
The Waved Sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the United States, and southern Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains.
Yellow-collared Scape Moth
The Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) is a species of the Arctiidae family.
Orange Sulphur
The Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), also known as the Alfalfa Butterfly and in its larval stage as Alfalfa Caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the "yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico, but is absent from the central and southeastern USA.
Eastern Tailed-Blue
The Eastern Tailed-blue or Eastern Tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas), also known as Everes comyntas, is a common butterfly of eastern North America. Males are generally blue on the upperside of their wings while females are lighter blue to brown or charcoal in coloring, but there are also varieties of purple and pink found in both sexes. The underside coloration ranges ...more ↓
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Cycnia tenera, the dogbane tiger moth or delicate cycnia, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. It occurs throughout North America, from southern British Columbia to Nova Scotia southwards to Arizona and Florida.
Gemmed Satyr
The Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the South-Eastern United States and North-Eastern Mexico.
Virginia Creeper Sphinx Moth
The Virginia creeper sphinx (Darapsa myron) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives from Maine south to south Florida; west to North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas. It also can be found in Mexico.
Yellow Nutsedge Moth
Diploschizia impigritella, known commonly as the Yellow nutsedge moth or the Five-barred glyphipterid moth, is a species of sedge moths in the genus Diploschizia. It was described by Clemens in 1862. It is found in North America, from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Texas and North Dakota. It has also been recorded from California.
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth
The Yellow-fringed Dolichomia (Hypsopygia olinalis) is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Rosy Maple Moth
The rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda ) is a North American moth in the Saturniidae family. Males have a wingspan of 32–44 mm; females of 40–50 mm. They have reddish-to-pink legs and antennae, yellow bodies and hindwings, and pink forewings with a triangular yellow band across the middle. Males have bushier antennae than females. As the name implies, rosy ...more ↓
Imperial Moth
The Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) is a Nearctic member of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae.
Elaphria festivoides
The Festive Midget (Elaphria festivoides) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Silver-spotted Skipper
The Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is claimed to be the most recognized skipper in North America.
Euchromius ocelleus
The Necklace Veneer (Euchromius ocellea) is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is a widespread species, found in tropical and subtropical regions, but migrates to Europe.
Variegated Fritillary
The Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the Variegated Fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria Fritillaries, it is still closely related to them. Some of the differences are: Variegated Fritillaries have 2–3 broods per year vs. one per year in Speyeria; ...more ↓
Confused Eusarca
The Confused eusarca (Eusarca confusaria) is a member of the Geometridae family that occurs in North America. It is the only member of the Eusarca genus that inhabits the northern portion of the United States and Canada.
Boxwood Leaftier Moth
The Boxwood Leaftier Moth or Boxwood Webworm (Galasa nigrinodis) is moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Clymene Moth
The Clymene Moth (Haploa clymene) is a moth of the Tiger Moth family - Arctiidae, subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in the East of North America.
Corn Earworm
The larva of the moth Helicoverpa zea (formerly in the genus Heliothis) is a major agricultural pest. It can feed on many different plants (i.e. it is polyphagous) during the larval stage. Accordingly, the species has been given many different common names. When the larva consumes cotton, it is known as the cotton bollworm. When it consumes corn, it is known as the ...more ↓
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Heliothis phloxiphaga is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the United States and southern Canada.
Snowberry Clearwing Moth
The Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) is a moth of the order Lepidoptera, family Sphingidae. It is about 1.25â€- 2â€. The moth's abdomen has yellow and black segments much like those of the bumblebee, whom it might be mistaken for due to its color and flight pattern similarities. The moth's wings lack the large amount of scales found in most other lepidopterans, ...more ↓
Buck Moth
The Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia) is a common insect found in oak forests stretching from the south east to the north east and as far west as Texas and Kansas . The larvae typically emerge in a single generation in the spring. The larvae are covered in hollow spines that are attached to a poison sac. The poison can cause symptoms ranging from itching and burning sensations to ...more ↓
Fiery Skipper
The fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae and are approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm) long. The males are orange or yellow with black spots while the females are dark brown with orange or yellow spots. The caterpillars are greenish pink with a black head. The caterpillars are often considered pests and can feed on bermudagrass, creeping bentgrass, and St. ...more ↓
White-lined Sphinx Moth
The White-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives from Central America, through the United States and into parts of Canada.
Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth
The Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth or Scarlet Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia miniata) is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from British Columbia south through the western side of the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and Texas. It is also found throughout eastern North America.
Isogona tenuis
The Thin-lined Owlet (Isogona tenuis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario, Wisconsin, Ohio and New Jersey, south to Florida and Texas.
Isoparce cupressi
The Baldcypress Sphinx or Cypress Sphinx (Isoparce cupressi) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Cypress swamps in from Maryland to Texas. It has been reported from Mexico.
Common Buckeye
The (Common) Buckeye (Junonia coenia) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia and all parts of the United States except the northwest, and is especially common in the south, the California coast, and throughout Central America and Colombia. Its habitat is open areas with low vegetation and some bare ...more ↓
Red-spotted Purple
The White Admiral or Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) is a polytypic species of North American brush-footed butterfly, common throughout much of the eastern United States. L. a. astyanax has red spots on its underside and the top of the wings are notable for their iridescent blue markings. L. a. arthemis on the other hand has a large white band ...more ↓
Macaria multilineata
The Many-lined Angle (Macaria multilineata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from New England, New York and Ontario to Florida, west to Oklahoma and Iowa.
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.
Little Wood Satyr
The Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela) is a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America.
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.
White-dotted Prominent Moth
The Rough Prominent (Nadata gibbosa) is a moth of the family Notodontidae, possibly in the subfamily Notodontidae. It is also known as the White-dotted Prominent and the Tawny Prominent. This common moth is found across North America from the northern boreal forests to as far south as Florida. It is most common in deciduous forests at some elevation. It is ...more ↓
Celery Stalkworm
The Lucerne Moth, Clover Nomophila, False Webworm, Celery Stalkworm or American Celery Webworm (Nomophila nearctica) is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from southern Canada and all of the United States, south to Mexico and the Neotropics.
The Gem
The Gem (Orthonama obstipata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species of Continental Europe and adjacent lands, though in the northeast, its range does not significantly extend beyond the Baltic region and it is absent from northern Russia. This well-flying species is somewhat prone to vagrancy and able to cross considerable distances of open sea; it ...more ↓
Blinded Sphinx Moth
The Blinded Sphinx (Paonias excaecatus) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and across the rest of Canada all the way to British Columbia. In the United States it ranges south to Florida in the east, and westward to eastern California and as far south as central Texas.
Small-eyed Sphinx
The Small-eyed Sphinx (Paonias myops) is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from south-eastern Canada to Florida and westward almost to the Pacific Coast. It is also known from Mexico.
Giant Swallowtail
The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio cresphontes) is a swallowtail butterfly common in various parts of North America, particularly the south and east. With a wingspan of about 10-16 cm , it is the largest butterfly in the United States.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) is a large (12Â cm wingspan) swallowtail butterfly. It is found in the Eastern United States, as far north as southern Vermont, and as far West as extreme Eastern Colorado. It flies from spring through fall, and most of the year in the southern portions of its range, where it may produce two or three broods a year. In the ...more ↓
Spicebush Swallowtail
The Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) is a fairly black swallowtail butterfly found in North America. It is the state butterfly of Mississippi.
Maple Looper Moth
The Maple Looper Moth (Parallelia bistriaris) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Peridea angulosa
The Angulose Prominent (Peridea angulosa) is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found from southern Canada, south to Florida and west to Texas.
Pearl Crescent
The Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) is butterfly of North America. It is found in all parts of the United States except the west coast, and throughout Mexico and parts of southern Canada, in particular Ontario. Its habitat is open areas such as pastures, road edges, vacant lots, fields, open pine woods. Its pattern is quite variable. Males usually have black antennal ...more ↓
Artichoke Plume Moth
The Artichoke Plume Moth (Platyptilia carduidactyla) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, from Mexico north into the United States.
Moonseed Moth
The Moonseed Moth (Plusiodonta compressipalpis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Minnesota, extreme southern Canada and Connecticut, south to northern Florida and Texas.
Diamondback Moth
The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), sometimes called cabbage moth, is a European moth believed to originate in the Mediterranean region that has since spread worldwide. The moth has a short life cycle (14 days at 25°C), is highly fecund and capable of migrating long distances. It is one of the most important pests of cruciferous crops in the world and will usually ...more ↓
Eastern Comma
The Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Nymphalinae.
Question Mark
The Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) is a North American nymphalid butterfly. They live in wooded areas and city parks, or generally in areas which feature trees and free spaces. The adult butterfly has a wingspan of 4.5–7.6 cm (1.8–3.0 in). Its flight period is from May to September. "The silver mark on the underside of the hindwing is broken into two parts, a curved ...more ↓
Carpenterworm Moth
The Carpenterworm Moth or Locust Borer (Prionoxystus robiniae) is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in North America, more specifically in Southern Canada and most of the United States.
Little Yellow
The Little Yellow, Little Sulphur, or Little Sulfur (Eurema lisa) is a species of Coliadinae that occurs in Central America and the southern part of North America.
Raphia abrupta
The Abrupt Brother or Yellowmarked Caterpillar (Raphia abrupta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, including Maryland, Oklahoma and Texas.
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.
Large Lace Border
The Large Lace-border (Scopula limboundata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. There is a single and unconfirmed record from Great Britain
Common Spragueia
The Common Spragueia (Spragueia leo) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario, Manitoba and south-eastern Massachusetts, south to Florida, west to Texas and Kansas.
Gray Hairstreak
The Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus), is one of the most common hairstreaks in North America, ranging over nearly the entire continent.
Exposed Bird Dropping Moth
The Exposed Bird Dropping Moth or Nun (Tarache aprica) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario and Quebec to Florida, west to Arizona, north to Kansas and Iowa. There are some records from Great Britain, but this probably relates to imports.
Cross-lined Wave
The Cross-lined Wave Moth or Cobra Inchworm (Timandra amaturaria) is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas and north to Wisconsin.
Red Admiral
The Red Admiral or Vanessa atalanta (previously also known as Pyrameis atalanta) is a well-known colourful butterfly, found in temperate Europe, Asia and North America. The species is resident only in warmer areas, but migrates north in spring, and sometimes again in autumn.
American Lady
The American Painted Lady or American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) is a butterfly found throughout North America.
Tersa Sphinx
The Tersa Sphinx (Xylophanes tersa) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from the United States (from Massachusetts south to southern Florida, west to Nebraska, New Mexico and southern Arizona), through Mexico, the West Indies and Central America and into parts of South America (including Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil). An occasional stray can be found as ...more ↓
Lunate Zale Moth
The Lunate Zale (Zale lunata) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the East of North America.
