Moths of Orange County, California

Moths of Orange County, California Photographed and compiled by Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA Exotic species, yellow background
Acrolophidae (Burrowing Webworm Moths)		Adelidae (Fairy Moths)		Autostichidae
Tubeworm Moth, Acrolophus sp.	Amydria sp.	Fairy Moth	Fairy Longhorn Moth, Adela eldorada	Four-spotted Yellowneck, Oegoconia quadripuncta
Batrachedridae		Blastobasidae (Scavenger Moths)	Bombycidae (Silkworm Moths)
Batrachedra enormis	Inquiline Moth, Batrachedra striolata	Pigrittia sp.	Domestic silkmoth, Bombyx mori
Coleophoridae (Casebearer Moths)		Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)	Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)
Casebearer Moth, Holcocera iceryaeella	Coleophora sp.	Casebearer Moth, Pyroderces badia	Carpenterworm Moth, Prionoxystus robiniae
Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
White-trimmed Abegesta, Abegesta remellalis	Fractured Western Snout Moth, Diastictis fracturalis	Dicymolomia metalliferalis	Dicymolomia opuntialis	Duponchelia fovealis
Euchromius ocelleus	Eudonia rectilinea	Fissicrambus sp.	Glyphodes onychinalis	Cabbage Webworm Moth, Hellula rogatalis
Loxostegopsis merrickalis	Lucerne Moth, Nomophila nearctica	Snout Moth, Parapediasia torquatella	Crambid Moth, Pero mizon	Snout moth, Petrophila jaliscalis
Pyrausta californicalis	Pyrausta inornatalis	Southern Purple Mint Moth, Pyrausta laticlavia	Pyrausta volupialis	Scybalistodes periculosalis
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth, Spoladea recurvalis	Stegea salutalis
Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Grass Miner Moth, Agonopterix sp.?	Perittia passula	Stenomid Oak Leaf Tier Moth, Rectiostoma fernaldella
Erebidae
Penitent, Catocala piatrix	Joined Underwing Moth, Catocala junctura	Underwing Moth, Catocala sp.	Lichen Moth, Cisthene liberomacula	Drasteria divergens
Drasteria edwardsii	Drasteria ochracea	Hemeroplanis historialis	Anvil-wing Moth, Hemeroplanis incusalis	Idia Moth, Idia americalis
Litocala Moth, Litocala sexsignata	Lichen Moth, Lycomorpha sp.	Edwards' Glassy-wing, Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii	Lunate Zale, Zale lunata
Gelechiidae
Aristotelia adenostomae	Twirler Moth, Chionodes braunella	Exoteleia graphicella	Leucogoniella californica	Cotton Stem Moth, Platyedra subcinerea
Geometridae (Looper Moths)
Archirhoe neomexicana	Dwarf Tawny Wave Moth, Cyclophora nanaria	Emerald Moth, Dichorda sp.	Digrammia denticulata	Digrammia irrorata
Digrammia sp.	Disclisioprocta stellata	Drepanulatrix monicaria	Euphyia implicata	Eupithecia sp.
Eusarca falcata	Sulfur moth, Hesperumia sulphuraria	Idaea bonifata	Idaea demissaria	Idaea occidentaria
Mountain Mahogany Looper, Iridopsis clivinaria	Perizoma custodiata	Perizoma epictata	Meske's Pero, Pero meskaria	Western Pero, Pero occidentalis
Pero radiosaria	Omnivorous Looper, Sabulodes aegrotata	Pug Moth, Eupitheciini	Tribe Boarmiini
Heliozelidae (Leaf Miners)	Incurvariidae (Yucca Moths)
Leaf Miner Moth, Coptodisa powellella	Yucca Moth, Tegeticula maculata
Lasiocampidae (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)
Gloveria medusa	Lappet Moth, Phyllodesma americana	Tolype distincta	Tolype sp.
Lymantriidae (Tussock Moths)
Western tussock moth, Orgyia vetusta (female)	Western tussock moth, Orgyia vetusta (male)	Tribe Orgyiini
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Owlet Moth, Annaphila diva	Green Cutworm Moth, Anicla infecta	Black Witch, Ascalapha odorata	Alfalfa Looper Moth, Autographa californica	Owlet Moth, Bryolymnia viridata
Irene's Underwing, Catocala irene	The Penitent, Catocala piatrix	Tobacco Budworm Moth, Chloridea virescens	Soybean Looper Moth, Chrysodeixis includens	Cucullia sp.
Olive Green Cutworm Moth, Dargida procincta	Dolocucullia dentilinea	Cowhead Arches Moth, Drasteria pallescens	Cutworm Moth, Euxoa sp.	Owlet Moth, Feralia februalis
The Wedgling, Galgula partita	Corn Earworm Moth, Helicoverpa zea	Owlet Moth, Heliothodes diminutiva	Darker-spotted Straw Moth, Heliothis phloxiphagus	Edwards' Glassywing, Hemihyalea edwardsii
Collared Arches Moth, Lacinipolia strigicollis	Leucania februalis	Bilobed Looper, Megalographa biloba	Triplex cutworm moth, Micrathetis triplex	Mouralia tinctoides
Armyworm, Mythimna unipuncta	Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba	Pearly Underwing, Peridroma saucia	Plagiomimicus tepperi	Bird-dropping Moth, Ponometia acutus
Protorthodes alfkenii	Schinia perminuta	Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua	Common Flower Moth, Schinia pulchripennis	Schinia scarletina
Flower Moth, Schinia sp.	Sympistis linda	Tetanolita palligera	Cabbage Looper Moth, Trichoplusia ni	Ulolonche dilecta
Zosteropoda hirtipes
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths and Lichen Moths)
Painted Arachnis, Arachnis picta	Lichen moth, Cisthene liberomacula	Lichen moth, Cisthene faustinula	Lichen moth, Cisthene perrosea	Brown ctenuchid, Ctenucha brunnea
Salt Marsh Moth, Estigmene acrea	Leopard Print Moth, Grammia urcina	Grammia nevadensis	Spotted Tussock Moth, Lophocampa maculata	Mexican Tiger Moth, Notarctia proxima
Vestal tiger moth, Spilosoma vestalis
Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)		Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths)	Plutellidae (Diamondback Moths)
Western Furcula, Furcula occidentalis	Red-humped Caterpillar Moth, Schizura concinna	White-shouldered House-Moth, Endrosis sarcitrella	Plutella xylostella	Plutella sp.
Prodoxidae (Bogus Yucca Moths)
Greya politella	Prodoxus marginatus	Prodoxus sp.?	Prodoxus sp.?
Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
Geranium Plume Moth, Amblyptilia pica	Plume Moth, Dejongia californicus	Plume Moth, Hellinsia longifrons	Lantana Plume Moth, Lantana pusillidactyla	Plume moth, Stenoptilodes sp.
Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Acrobasis comptella	Aglossa cacamica	Aglossa electalis	Snout moth, Arta epicoenalis	Arta Moth, Arta statalis
Ephestiodes gilvescentella	Homeosoma sp. caterpillar	Predaceous caterpillar, Laetilia dilatifasciella	Acorn Moth, Myelopsis subtetricella	Ozamia fuscomaculella
Indian Meal Moth, Plodia interpunctella	Hypsopygia phoezalis	Toripalpus trabalis	Genista Broom Moth, Uresiphita reversalis
Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Polyphemus Silkmoth, Antheraea polyphemus	Brown day moth, Hemileuca eglanterina	Electra Buckmoth, Hemileuca electra	Ceanothus silkmoth, Hyalophora euryalus
Scythrididae (Flower Moths)		Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Flower Moth, Neoscythris sp?	Flower Moth	Glorious Squash Vine Borer, Melittia gloriosa	Western Poplar Clearwing, Paranthrene robiniae	Buckwheat root borer, Synanthedon polygoni
Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Cramer's Sphinx Moth, Erinnyis crameri	Achemon Sphinx Moth, Eumorpha achemon	Western Snowberry Clearwing Sphinx Moth, Hemaris thetis	White-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata	Five-spotted Hawk Moth, Manduca quinquemaculata
Tomato Hornworm Moth, Manduca sexta	Poplar sphinx moth, Pachysphinx occidentalis	One-eyed sphinx moth, Smerinthus cerisyi	Wild Cherry Sphinx Moth, Sphinx drupiferarum (perelegans?)
Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Amydria sp.	Bird Nest Moth, Monopis crocicapitella	Yellow V Moth, Oinophila v-flava	Opogona omoscopa	Plaster Bagworm, Phereoeca praecox
Household Casebearer Moth, Phereoeca uterella
Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Fruittree Leafroller Moth, Archips argyrospila	Orange Tortrix Moth, Argyrotaenia franciscana	Garden Tortrix Moth, Clepsis peritana	Cotton Tipworm Moth, Crocidosema plebejana	Filbertworm Moth, Cydia latiferreana
Epinotia signiferana	Epinotia subviridis	Oriental Fruit Moth , Grapholita molesta	Henricus umbrabasana	Chrysanthemum Flower Borer Moth, Lorita scarificata
Platynota viridana	Tribe Cochylini
Xyloryctidae (Flower Moths)			Ypsolophidae
Flower Moth	Flower Moth		Ypsolopha cervella
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