Delaware State Moths (Lepidoptera)

Moth (Lepidoptera) species found in the state of Delaware based on research grade submissions and documented range in iNaturalist as of December 2018.

All 212

Maple Looper Moth ¹
Parallelia bistriaris

Vetch Looper Moth ²
Caenurgia chloropha

Forage Looper Moth ³
Caenurgina erechtea

Ilia Underwing ⁴
Catocala ilia

Penitent Underwing ⁵
Catocala piatrix

Widow Underwing ⁶
Catocala vidua

Lunate Zale Moth ⁷
Zale lunata

Gray-edged Snout ⁸
Hypena madefactalis

Green Cloverworm Moth ⁹
Hypena scabra

Common Idia Moth ¹⁰
Idia aemula

American Idia Moth ¹¹
Idia americalis

Grayish Fan-foot ¹²
Zanclognatha pedipilalis

Black-banded Owlet ⁶
Phalaenostola larentioides

Smoky Tetanolita Moth ¹³
Tetanolita mynesalis

Brown-lined Owlet
Macrochilo litophora

Dark-banded Owlet ¹⁴
Phalaenophana pyramusalis

Faint-spotted Palthis Moth ²
Palthis asopialis

Speckled Renia Moth ¹⁵
Renia adspergillus

Salt Marsh Moth ¹⁶
Estigmene acrea

Fall Webworm Moth ²
Hyphantria cunea

Isabella Tiger Moth ¹⁷
Pyrrharctia isabella

Pink-legged Tiger Moth ⁷
Spilosoma latipennis

Virginian Tiger Moth ³
Spilosoma virginica

Giant Leopard Moth ¹⁸
Hypercompe scribonia

Haploa colona

Yellow-collared Scape Moth ⁴
Cisseps fulvicollis

Delicate Cycnia Moth ¹⁹
Cycnia tenera

Sycamore Tussock Moth ²⁰
Halysidota harrisii

Banded Tussock Moth ¹
Halysidota tessellaris

Hickory Tussock Moth ²¹
Lophocampa caryae

Spotted Tussock Moth ³
Lophocampa maculata

Milkweed Tussock Moth ²²
Euchaetes egle

Painted Lichen Moth ¹
Hypoprepia fucosa

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth ⁶
Hypoprepia miniata

Little White Lichen Moth ²³
Clemensia albata

Definite Tussock Moth ²⁴
Orgyia definita

White-marked Tussock Moth ²⁵
Orgyia leucostigma

Broken-line Hypenodes Moth ²⁶
Hypenodes fractilinea

Black Fungus Moth ⁶
Metalectra tantillus

Azalea Caterpillar ²⁷
Datana major

White-dotted Prominent ²⁸
Nadata gibbosa

Unicorn Prominent ¹⁴
Schizura unicornis

Saddled Prominent ²⁹
Heterocampa guttivitta

Dingy Cutworm Moth ³⁰
Feltia jaculifera

Green Cutworm Moth ⁶
Anicla infecta

Ipsilon Dart ³¹
Agrotis ipsilon

Bent-line Dart ³²
Choephora fungorum

Pale-banded Dart ³³
Agnorisma badinodis

Large Yellow Underwing ³⁴
Noctua pronuba

Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth ⁸
Spodoptera ornithogalli

Slowpoke Moth ¹
Athetis tarda

Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth ²⁹
Pseudeustrotia carneola

Wedgling Moth ³⁵
Galgula partita

Grateful Midget ⁶
Elaphria grata

Variegated Midget ³⁶
Elaphria versicolor

White-Speck ³
Mythimna unipuncta

Linen Wainscot Moth
Leucania linita

Confused Woodgrain Moth
Morrisonia confusa

Intractable Quaker ¹
Himella fidelis

Turbulent Phosphila Moth ³⁷
Phosphila turbulenta

Bristly Cutworm Moth ¹¹
Lacinipolia renigera

Common Spragueia Moth ⁶
Spragueia leo

Large Mossy Glyph ⁶
Protodeltote muscosula

Black-bordered Lemon Moth ¹⁰
Marimatha nigrofimbria

Soybean Looper Moth ³⁸
Chrysodeixis includens

Celery Looper Moth ¹⁵
Anagrapha falcifera

Laugher Moth ³⁹
Charadra deridens

Black Wedge-spot ²⁵
Homophoberia apicosa

Green Leuconycta Moth ⁴⁰
Leuconycta diphteroides

Grapevine Epimenis Moth ⁴¹
Psychomorpha epimenis

Eight-spotted Forester ⁴²
Alypia octomaculata

Beautiful Wood-nymph ²³
Eudryas grata

Harris' Three-Spot ⁴³
Harrisimemna trisignata

Hebrew Moth ⁴⁴
Polygrammate hebraeicum

American Dagger ⁸
Acronicta americana

Connected Dagger ²
Acronicta connecta

Exiled Dagger ³⁷
Acronicta exilis

Small Oak Dagger ⁴⁵
Acronicta increta

Henry's Marsh Moth ²⁹
Acronicta insularis

Streaked Dagger ²⁵
Acronicta lithospila

Smeared Dagger ⁷
Acronicta oblinita

Ruddy Dagger ²
Acronicta rubricoma

Asteroid Moth ²⁵
Cucullia asteroides

Brown-hooded Owlet ⁴⁶
Cucullia convexipennis

Arcigera Flower Moth ⁴⁷
Schinia arcigera

Ragweed Flower Moth ⁶
Schinia rivulosa

Corn Earworm Moth ⁸
Helicoverpa zea

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Delaware State Moths (Lepidoptera)

Maple Looper Moth 1 Parallelia bistriaris

Vetch Looper Moth 2 Caenurgia chloropha

Forage Looper Moth 3 Caenurgina erechtea

Ilia Underwing 4 Catocala ilia

Penitent Underwing 5 Catocala piatrix

Widow Underwing 6 Catocala vidua

Lunate Zale Moth 7 Zale lunata

Gray-edged Snout 8 Hypena madefactalis

Green Cloverworm Moth 9 Hypena scabra

Common Idia Moth 10 Idia aemula

American Idia Moth 11 Idia americalis

Grayish Fan-foot 12 Zanclognatha pedipilalis

Black-banded Owlet 6 Phalaenostola larentioides

Smoky Tetanolita Moth 13 Tetanolita mynesalis

Brown-lined Owlet Macrochilo litophora

Dark-banded Owlet 14 Phalaenophana pyramusalis

Faint-spotted Palthis Moth 2 Palthis asopialis

Speckled Renia Moth 15 Renia adspergillus

Salt Marsh Moth 16 Estigmene acrea

Fall Webworm Moth 2 Hyphantria cunea

Isabella Tiger Moth 17 Pyrrharctia isabella

Pink-legged Tiger Moth 7 Spilosoma latipennis

Virginian Tiger Moth 3 Spilosoma virginica

Giant Leopard Moth 18 Hypercompe scribonia

Haploa colona

Yellow-collared Scape Moth 4 Cisseps fulvicollis

Delicate Cycnia Moth 19 Cycnia tenera

Sycamore Tussock Moth 20 Halysidota harrisii

Banded Tussock Moth 1 Halysidota tessellaris

Hickory Tussock Moth 21 Lophocampa caryae

Spotted Tussock Moth 3 Lophocampa maculata

Milkweed Tussock Moth 22 Euchaetes egle

Painted Lichen Moth 1 Hypoprepia fucosa

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth 6 Hypoprepia miniata

Little White Lichen Moth 23 Clemensia albata

Definite Tussock Moth 24 Orgyia definita

White-marked Tussock Moth 25 Orgyia leucostigma

Broken-line Hypenodes Moth 26 Hypenodes fractilinea

Black Fungus Moth 6 Metalectra tantillus

Azalea Caterpillar 27 Datana major

White-dotted Prominent 28 Nadata gibbosa

Unicorn Prominent 14 Schizura unicornis

Saddled Prominent 29 Heterocampa guttivitta

Dingy Cutworm Moth 30 Feltia jaculifera

Green Cutworm Moth 6 Anicla infecta

Ipsilon Dart 31 Agrotis ipsilon

Bent-line Dart 32 Choephora fungorum

Pale-banded Dart 33 Agnorisma badinodis

Large Yellow Underwing 34 Noctua pronuba

Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth 8 Spodoptera ornithogalli

Slowpoke Moth 1 Athetis tarda

Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth 29 Pseudeustrotia carneola

Wedgling Moth 35 Galgula partita

Grateful Midget 6 Elaphria grata

Variegated Midget 36 Elaphria versicolor

White-Speck 3 Mythimna unipuncta

Linen Wainscot Moth Leucania linita

Confused Woodgrain Moth Morrisonia confusa

Intractable Quaker 1 Himella fidelis

Turbulent Phosphila Moth 37 Phosphila turbulenta

Bristly Cutworm Moth 11 Lacinipolia renigera

Common Spragueia Moth 6 Spragueia leo

Large Mossy Glyph 6 Protodeltote muscosula

Black-bordered Lemon Moth 10 Marimatha nigrofimbria

Soybean Looper Moth 38 Chrysodeixis includens

Celery Looper Moth 15 Anagrapha falcifera

Laugher Moth 39 Charadra deridens

Black Wedge-spot 25 Homophoberia apicosa

Green Leuconycta Moth 40 Leuconycta diphteroides

Grapevine Epimenis Moth 41 Psychomorpha epimenis

Eight-spotted Forester 42 Alypia octomaculata

Beautiful Wood-nymph 23 Eudryas grata

Harris' Three-Spot 43 Harrisimemna trisignata

Hebrew Moth 44 Polygrammate hebraeicum

American Dagger 8 Acronicta americana

Connected Dagger 2 Acronicta connecta

Exiled Dagger 37 Acronicta exilis

Small Oak Dagger 45 Acronicta increta

Henry's Marsh Moth 29 Acronicta insularis