Owlet Moths

The Owlet moths are also known as Noctuids, based on the scientific name of this family, Noctuidae. They are the largest moth family, with close to 3000 species in North America alone. They represent a wide variety of shapes and sizes, including the Underwing moths, those which have drab-colored forewings, but flash colorful hindwings when taking off from rest. But there are many genera in this family which are not readily recognized by shape or color. Erebidae is a newly named family which has been split from Noctuidae and Includes the former Noctuid subfamilies Calpinae, Catocalinae, Euteliinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae, among others.

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• FLORIDA FERN MOTH
• PINK-SHADED FERN MOTH
• Apamea Cariosa
• Exhausted Brocade
• Disparaged Arches
• Unarmed Wainscot
• Venerable Dart
• Chosen Sallow
• Thin-winged Owlet
• Alfalfa Looper
• Common Fungus Moth
• Four-spotted Fungus Moth
• Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth
• Striped Garden Caterpillar Moth
• Black Bit Moth
• Delicate Moth
• Black-barred Brown
• Indomitable Melipotis
• Spectacled Nettle Moth
• Six-spotted Gray
• Cloaked Marvel
• Double lobed Moth
• Veiled Ear Moth
• Confused Woodgrain
• Cattail Caterpillar Moth
• Florida Tetanolita
• Bronzy Macrochilo
• Marbled-green Leuconycta
• Green Leuconycta
• Gold Moth
• Texas Mocis
• Yellow Three-spot Moth
• Hop Vine Moth
• Moon-lined Moth
• Brown Panopoda
• Red-lined Panopoda
• Dead-wood Borer
• Grapevine Epimenis
• Comma Wainscot
• False Wainscot
• Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth
• Variegated Midget
• Pale-winged Midget
• Grateful Midget
• Dichagyris Grotei
• Spotted Phosphila
• Dusky Groundling
• Newman’s Brocade
• Black-banded Brocade
• American Bird’s-wing
• Prairie Bird-dropping Moth
• Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth
• Exposed Bird-dropping Moth
• Small Bird-dropping Moth
• Tufted Bird-dropping Moth
• Black-dotted Maliatha
• Variegated Cutworm
• Bronzed Cutworm Moth
• Dingy Cutworm Moth
• Army Cutworm Moth
• Bristly Cutworm
• The Wedgling
• Moonseed Moth
• Spotted Grass Moth
• Gray Quaker
• Distinct Quaker
• Norman’s Quaker
• Ruddy Quaker
• Rustic Quaker
• Ruby Quaker
• Common Oak Moth
• Hemina Pinon
• Ashen Pinion
• Bethune’s Pinion
• Iris Borer Moth
• American Idia
• Common Idia
• Glossy Black Idia
• Armyworm Moth
• Burdock Borer
• Fall Armyworm Moth
• Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth
• Common Pinkband
• Wavy-lined Zanclognatha
• Tobacco Budworm Moth
• Grayish Zanclognatha
• Brown Hooded Owlet
• Goldenrod Hooded Owlet
• Curve-lined Owlet
• Bent-winged Owlet
• Morbid Owlet
• Brown-lined Owlet
• Dark Phalaenostola
• Black-banded Owlet
• Dark-banded Owlet
• Thin-lined Owlet
• Green Cloverworm
• The Laugher
• COTTONWOOD DAGGER MOTH
• Interrupted Dagger Moth
• Impressed Dagger Moth
• Connected Dagger Moth
• Raspberry Bud Dagger Moth
• American Dagger Moth
• Nondescript Dagger Moth
• Ochre Dagger Moth
• Ruddy Dagger Moth
• Hitched Arches
• Morrison’s Sallow
• Roland’s Sallow
• Bicolored Sallow
• Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia
• Baltimore Hypena
• Flowing-line Hypena
• Dimorphic Hypena
• Gray-edged Hypena
• Sordid Hypena
• Deceptive Hypena
• Mottled Hypena
• Faint-spotted Palthis
• Dark-spotted Palthis
• Black-bordered Lemon Moth
• Darker-spotted Straw Moth
• White-marked Tussock Moth
• The Herald
• Corn Earworm Moth
• Maple Zale
• Lunate Zale
• Colorful Zale
• Ambiguous Moth
• Reddish Speckled Dart
• Old Man Dart
• Master’s Dart
• Bent-line Dart
• Ipsilon Dart
• Greater Black-letter Dart
• Pale-banded Dart
• Beautiful Wood-nymph
• Copper Underwing
• Common Spragueia
• Small Mossy Lithacodia
• Large Mossy Lithacodia
• Eight-spotted Forester
• Pink-patched Looper
• Unspotted Looper
• Sharp-stigma Looper Moth
• Common Looper Moth
• Soybean Looper
• Cabbage Looper Moth
• Bilobed Looper
• Celery Looper Moth
• Gray Looper Moth
• Clover Looper
• Forage Looper
• Green-patched Looper
• Magdalen Underwing
• Widow Underwing
• THE BETROTHED UNDERWING MOTH
• Obscure Underwing
• Little Nymph Underwing
• Inconsolable Underwing
• The Woody Underwing
• Joined Underwing
• Meske’s Underwing
• The Penitent
• Large Yellow Underwing
• Whitney’s Underwing
• Habilis Underwing Moth
• Sweetheart Underwing Moth
• Arcigera Flower Moth
• Goldenrod Flower Moth
• Ragweed Flower Moth