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Phryganidia californica, the California oakworm or California oak moth, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found along the coasts of the US states of California and Oregon. The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in). They are tan to gray moths with prominent wing veins.
Euxoa messoria, the darksided cutworm or reaper dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841. It is found from Newfoundland west to Yukon, south to Virginia and Missouri in the east and New Mexico, Arizona and California in the west. The wingspan is 32–36 mm. The moth flies from ...
Hypena californica, known generally as the California cloverworm moth or western bomolocha, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]The larvae are food specialists, feeding mainly on the Urtica species, commonly known as nettles.
The sheep moth, or common sheep moth (Hemileuca eglanterina), is a member of the family Saturniidae of silk moths and is native to western North America. In California, its range is west of the Sierran crest [1] and the mountains of Southern California, ranging near to the coast. [2] The moth is dayflying and appears in summer. [1]
Lophocampa argentata, the silver-spotted tiger moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found from British Columbia to southern California , and east to Arizona , Nevada , New Mexico , Colorado , Utah , Wyoming and possibly to northern Mexico .
Ceratomia amyntor, the elm sphinx or four-horned sphinx, is a North American moth in the family Sphingidae.The species was first described by Carl Geyer in 1835. It has a wingspan of 3 + 1 ⁄ 4-4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (8.2 - 11.5 cm).
In 2008 California agriculture officials quarantined a rural 5-square-mile (13 km 2) section of Ventura County near Ojai to prevent the spread of a newly found gypsy moth colony. [ 13 ] Pesticides
Alsophila pometaria, the fall cankerworm, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west to Alberta , south to Colorado and California and zones of Spain Description