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Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth , with an average wingspan of 15 cm (6 in). The most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings .
The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera. This list is sorted by MONA number (sometimes called a Hodges number), a numbering system for North American moths introduced by Ronald W. Hodges , et al. in 1983 in the publication Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of ...
This article is a list of lists of some of the 160,000 species of Lepidoptera that are commonly known as moths. By region. Lists of Lepidoptera by region;
North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies . The moths (mostly nocturnal ) and butterflies (mostly diurnal ) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera .
The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch, [1] is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. Ascalapha odorata is also migratory into Canada and most states of United States. It is the largest noctuoid in the continental United States. In the folklore ...
Pleuroprucha insulsaria, the common tan wave moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. [ 1 ] It is found in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida , west to Texas and Colorado and north to Ontario . [ 2 ]
Aporophyla nigra, the black rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found from North Africa, through southern and central Europe to Anatolia, in the north it is found up to Scotland and southern Norway. It is also found in the Caucasus, Israel and Lebanon.
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. [1] This subfamily includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths (or tigers), which usually have bright colours, footmen , which are usually much drabber ...