Common Moth and Butterflies of Indiana

A list of the common Lepidoptera of Indiana. Many of these moths are also common throughout the Midwest.

Please note: The tags are still being updated.

Large Yellow Underwing ¹
Noctua pronuba

Ipsilon Dart ²
Agrotis ipsilon

Large Yellow Underwing ¹
Noctua pronuba

Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth ³
Spodoptera ornithogalli

Gray Half-Spot ⁴
Nedra ramosula

Oligia chlorostigma

Double-lobed Moth
Lateroligia ophiogramma

Northern Burdock Borer Moth ⁵
Papaipema arctivorens

Burdock Borer Moth ⁶
Papaipema cataphracta

Golden Borer Moth ⁷
Papaipema cerina

Ironweed Borer Moth ⁸
Papaipema cerussata

Ash-tip Borer Moth
Papaipema furcata

Aster Borer Moth ⁹
Papaipema impecuniosa

Stalk Borer Moth
Papaipema nebris

Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth ⁵
Pseudeustrotia carneola

White-Speck ⁶
Mythimna unipuncta

Turbulent Phosphila Moth ¹⁰
Phosphila turbulenta

Bristly Cutworm Moth ¹¹
Lacinipolia renigera

Shivering Pinion
Lithophane querquera

Bicolored Sallow Moth ¹²
Sunira bicolorago

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