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Digital Guide to Moth Identification



  Jim Vargo's Arctiidae   [ Size given for wingspan of specimen shown.   W after Hodges number = Western species. ]

All photographs © 2005 by Jim Vargo

  Pyrrharctia
8129 - Pyrrharctia isabella - 50mm
 
8131 - Estigmene acrea - 45mm -- [f.]
 
8131 - Estigmene acrea - 45mm -- [m.]
8133 - Spilosoma latipennis - 38mm
 
8134 - Spilosoma congrua - 34mm 8135W - Spilosoma vestalis
8135W - Spilosoma vestalis - 45mm
 
8137 - Spilosoma virginica - 30mm 8138W - Spilosoma vagans - 32mm
  Hyphantria
8140 - Hyphantria cunea - 30mm
 
8140 - Hyphantria cunea - 30mm 8141 - Euerythra phasma - 34mm
8142 -- Euerythra trimaculata -- 28mm
 
8144W - Hypercompe permaculata - 38mm
 
8146 - Hypercompe scribonia - 62mm
8149W - Hypercompe suffusa - 38mm 8151.1W - Arachnis citra
 
8151.1W - Arachnis citra (f. apachea)
© Cliff Ferris
8152W - Arachnis picta - 48mm
 
8155W - Arachnis aulaea
 
  Phragmatobia
8156 - Phragmatobia fuliginosa - 56mm
 
8157 - Phragmatobia lineata - 57mm 8158 - Phragmatobia assimilans - 58mm
8162 - Platarctia parthenos - 65mm
 
8163W - Platyprepia virginalis - 63mm
  Arctia
8166aW - Arctia caja americana - 57mm
 
8166cW - Arctia caja utahensis - 58mm 8169 - Apantesis phalerata - 33mm
8171 - Apantesis nais - 33mm 8171.1 - Apantesis carlotta - 32mm 8174 - Grammia obliterata - 32mm
 
8175 - Grammia virguncula - 35mm 8175.1 - Grammia speciosa - 30mm
 
8176 - Grammia anna - 44mm
8177W - Grammia ornata - 37mm
 
8179W - Grammia nevadensis - 30mm
 
8179aW - Grammia n. superba - 30mm
 
8180 - Grammia incorrupta - 38mm
 
8180 ?? - Grammia incorrupta - 40mm [f.]
 
8181W - Notarctia proxima
 
8185 - Grammia blakei - 20mm
 
8186W - Grammia williamsi - 33mm
 
8187 - Grammia celia - 27mm 8188 - Grammia figurata - 33mm
 
8188 - Grammia figurata - 33mm
8189W - Grammia f-pallida - 32mm 8191 - Grammia placentia - 42mm
 
8194 - Grammia phyllira - 34mm
8195 ?? - Grammia oithona - 37mm 8196 - Grammia parthenice - 40mm
 
8196a - Grammia p. intermedia - 50mm
8197 - Grammia virgo - 56mm 8199 - Grammia arge - 45mm
 
  Halysidota
8201W -- Hypocrisias minima -- 33mm
 
8202 - Halysidota cinctipes - 42mm 8203 - Halysidota tessalaris - 43mm
8205W - Halysidota davisii - 45mm
 
8205W - Halysidota davisii - 48mm
 
  Lophocampa
8206W - Lophocampa roseata - 32mm 8208W - Lophocampa ingens - 40mm 8209W - Lophocampa argentata - 37mm
 
8211 - Lophocampa caryae - 38mm

8212W - Lophocampa mixta - 37mm 8213W - Lophocampa pura
8214 - Lophocampa maculata - 42mm
 
8217 - Leucanopsis longa 8217.2W - Leucanopsis lurida
  Aemilia
8218W - Aemilia ambigua - 41 8219W - Apocrisias thaumasta
 
8220 - Hemihyalea splendens - 65mm
 
8221W - Hemihyalea labecula - 52mm
 
8222W - Hemihyalea edwardsii - 55 8225W - Opharus muricolor
8226W - Carales arizonensis
 
8227 - Pareuchaetes insulata - 35mm

8227 - Pareuchaetes insulata -- 35mm
  Cycnia
8228 - Cycnia inopinatus - 26mm
 
8228 - Cycnia inopinatus - 26mm 8230 - Cycnia tenera - 35mm
8231 - Cycnia oregonensis - 32mm
 
8232W - Euchaetes zella 8233W - Euchaetes perlevis - 23mm
8234W - Euchaetes fusca - 34mm
 
8237W - Euchaetes elegans
 
8238 - Euchaetes egle - 34mm
8240W - Euchaetes polingi 8242W - Euchaetes antica -- [f.] - 37mm
 
8242W - Euchaetes antica -- [m.] - 28mm
  Ectypia
8247W - Ectypia bivittata
 
8249W - Ectypia clio - [f.] - 40 8250W - Pygarctia murina
 
8253W - Pygarctia roseicapitis 8254 - Pygarctia spraguei - 31mm 8255 - Pygarctia abdominalis - 32mm
 
8257 - Eupseudosoma involuta - 33mm
 
8258W - Bertholdia trigona - 36mm

  Ctenucha
8260W - Ctenucha venosa - 30mm
 
8262 - Ctenucha virginica - 46mm 8266 - Dahana atripennis - 30mm
8267 - Cisseps fulvicollis - 30mm
 
8270 - Lymire edwardsii 8271 - Nelphe carolina - 34mm
8272 - Empyreuma pugione - 44mm 8280 - Cosmosoma myrodora - 32mm 8282 - Syntomeida ipomoeae
 
8284a - Syntomeida epilais jucundissima - 43mm
 
8287aW - Horama panthalon texana - 33mm




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