Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Phylogenetic Checklists of North American Lepidoptera
22 - Erebidae: Herminiinae -- Erebinae: Catocalini
HerminiinaeLeach, [1815]Note
IdiaHübner, 1813
8322
930469
americalis(Guenée, 1854)
8324
930470
majoralis(Smith, 1895)
8323
930471
aemulaHübner, 1814
8323.1
930472
concisaof authors, not Walker, 1860
Note
8325
930473
suffusalis(Smith, 1899)
8326
930474
rotundalis(Walker, 1866)
8327
930475
forbesii(French, 1894)
8328
930476
julia(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
8329
930477
diminuendis(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
8330
930478
scobialis(Grote, 1880)
8331
930479
laurentii(Smith, 1893)
8332
930480
terrebralis(Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
8333
930481
denticulalis(Harvey, 1875)
8334
930482
lubricalis(Geyer, 1832)
Note
8334.1
930483
occidentalis(Smith, 1884)
Note
8335
930484
parvulalis(Barnes & McDunnough, 1911)
8336
930485
gopheri(Smith, 1899)
8337
930486
immaculalis(Hulst, 1886)
Note
PhalaenophanaGrote, 1873
8338
930487
pyramusalis(Walker, 1859)
8339
930488
extremalis(Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
ZanclognathaLederer, 1857
Note
8340
930489
lituralis(Hübner, 1818)
8341
930490
theralis(Walker, 1859)
Note
8343
930491
minoralisSmith, 1895
Note
8345
930492
laevigata(Grote, 1872)
8346
930493
atrilineella(Grote, 1873)
8347
930494
obscuripennis(Grote, 1872)
8348
930495
pedipilalis(Guenée, 1854)
8349
930496
protumnusalis(Walker, 1859)
8349.1
930496.1
dentataWagner & McCabe, 2011
8350
930497
marthaBarnes, 1928
8351
930498
cruralis(Guenée, 1854)
8352
930499
marcidilinea(Grote, 1872)
Note
8353
930500
jacchusalis(Walker, 1859)
Note
ChytolitaGrote, 1873
8355
930502
morbidalis(Guenée, 1854)
SimpliciaGuenée, 1854
8339.1
930504
cornicalis(Fabricius, 1794)
Note
MacrochiloHübner, 1825
8361
930505
louisiana(Forbes, 1922)
8359
930506
bivittata(Grote, 1877)
8359.1
930507
santerivalisFerguson, 1982
8357
930508
absorptalis(Walker, 1859)
8357.1
930509
hypocritalisFerguson, 1982
8358
930510
litophora(Grote, 1873)
8360
930511
orciferalis(Walker, 1859)
PhalaenostolaGrote, 1873
8362
930512
metonalis(Walker, 1859)
8363
930513
eumelusalis(Walker, 1859)
8364
930514
larentioidesGrote, 1873
8365
930515
hanhami(Smith, 1899)
TetanolitaGrote, 1873
8366
930516
mynesalis(Walker, 1859)
8367
930517
palligera(Smith, 1884)
8368
930518
floridanaSmith, 1895
8369
930519
negalisBarnes & McDunnough, 1912
BleptinaGuenée, 1854
8370
930520
caradrinalisGuenée, 1854
8370.1
930521
araealisof authors, not Hampson, 1901
Note
8371
930522
inferiorGrote, 1872
8372
930523
sangamoniaBarnes & McDunnough, 1912
8373
930524
flaviguttalisBarnes & McDunnough, 1912
8374
930525
minimalisBarnes & McDunnough, 1912
8375
930526
hydrillalisGuenée, 1854
Note
HypenulaGrote, 1876
8376
930527
cacuminalis(Walker, 1859)
8377
930528
caminalisSmith, 1905
ReniaGuenée, 1854
8378
930529
salusalis(Walker, 1859)
8379
930530
factiosalis(Walker, 1859)
8380
930531
nemoralisBarnes & McDunnough, 1918
8381
930532
discoloralisGuenée, 1854
8382
930533
pulverosalisSmith, 1895
8383
930534
hutsoniSmith, 1906
8384
930535
rigidaSmith, 1905
8384.1
930536
flavipunctalis(Geyer, 1832)
8385
930537
fraternalisSmith, 1895
8386
930538
adspergillus(Bosc, [1800])
8387
930539
sobrialis(Walker, 1859)
8388
930540
subterminalisBarnes & McDunnough, 1912
8389
930541
mortualisBarnes & McDunnough, 1912
AristariaGuenée, 1854
8390
930542
theroalis(Walker, 1859)
PhysulaGuenée, 1854
8390.2
930543
albipunctillaSchaus, 1916
Note
CarterisOchsenheimer, 1816
8391
930544
oculatalis(Möschler, 1890)
8391.1
930545
lineata(Druce, 1898)
Note
PhlyctainaMöschler, 1890
8392
930546
irrigualisMöschler, 1890
LascoriaWalker, 1859
8393
930547
ambigualis(Walker, 1866)
8394
930548
aon(Druce, 1891)
8395
930549
alucitalis(Guenée, 1854)
8396
930550
orneodalis(Guenée, 1854)
PalthisHübner, 1825
8397
930551
angulalis(Hübner, 1796)
8398
930552
asopialis(Guenée, 1854)
RejectariaGuenée, 1854
8399
930553
albisinuata(Smith, 1905)
RedectisNye, 1975
8400
930554
pygmaea(Grote, 1878)
8401
930555
vitrea(Grote, 1878)
MacristisSchaus, 1916
8402
930556
bilinealis(Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
8402.1
930557
geminipunctalisSchaus, 1916
Note
8403
930558
schausiBarnes & Benjamin, 1924
PangraptinaeGrote, 1882
Note
PangraptaHübner, 1818
8490
930559
decoralisHübner, 1818
LedaeaDruce, 1891
8491
930560
perditalis(Walker, 1859)
HypeninaeHerrich-Schäffer, [1851]
HypenaSchrank, 1802
Note
8441
930561
manalisWalker, 1859
8442
930562
baltimoralisGuenée, 1854
8442.1
930563
ramstadtii(Wyatt, 1967)
8443
930564
bijugalisWalker, 1859
8444
930565
palpariaWalker, 1861
8445
930566
abalienalisWalker, 1859
8446
930567
deceptalisWalker, 1859
8447
930568
madefactalisGuenée, 1854
8447.1
930569
appalachiensis(Butler, 1987)
Note
8448
930570
sordidulaGrote, 1872
8448.1
930571
subidalisGuenée, 1854
Note
8449
930572
heuloa(Smith, 1905)
8450
930573
atomaria(Smith, 1903)
8451
930574
vega(Smith, 1900)
8452
930575
edictalisWalker, 1859
8453
930576
umbralis(Smith, 1884)
8454
930577
variabilisDruce, 1890
8454.1
930578
vetustalisGuenée, 1854
Note
8456
930579
lividalis(Hübner, 1796)
8457
930580
minualisGuenée, 1854
8458
930581
annulalis(Grote, 1876)
8459
930582
degesalisWalker, 1859
8460
930583
porrectalis(Fabricius, 1794)
8461
930584
humuliHarris, 1841
8462
930585
californicaBehr, 1870
8463
930586
decorataSmith, 1884
8464
930587
modestoidesPoole, 1989
Note
8465
930588
scabra(Fabricius, 1798)
8455
930589
eductalisWalker, [1859]
Note
ColobochylaHübner, 1825
Note
8411
930590
interpuncta(Grote, 1872)
MelanommaGrote, 1875
Note
8412
930591
auricinctariaGrote, 1875
RivulinaeGrote, 1895
Note
RivulaGuenée, 1845
8404
930592
propinqualisGuenée, 1854
8404.2
930593
stepheniSullivan, 2009
8404.1
930594
pusillaMöschler, 1890
Note
OxycillaGrote, 1896
8405
930595
triplaGrote, 1896
8406
930596
basipallidaBarnes & McDunnough, 1916
8407
930597
malaca(Grote, 1873)
8408
930598
mitographa(Grote, 1873)
8409
930599
ondo(Barnes, 1907)
ZelicodesGrote, 1896
8410
930600
linearis(Grote, 1883)
ScoliopteryginaeHerrich-Schäffer, [1852]
Note
ScoliopteryginiHerrich-Schäffer, [1852]Note
ScoliopteryxGermar, 1810
8555
930601
libatrix(Linnaeus, 1758)
AnominiGrote, 1882
Note
AnomisHübner, 1821
Note
8545
930602
erosaHübner, 1821
8546
930603
flava(Fabricius, 1775)
8547
930604
privata(Walker, 1865)
Note
8548
930605
impastaGuenée, 1852
8549
930606
luridulaGuenée, 1852
8550
930607
texanaRiley, 1885
8551
930608
illitaGuenée, 1852
8552
930609
gentilisSchaus, 1912
8553
930610
editrix(Guenée, 1852)
AlabamaGrote, 1895
8554
930611
argillacea(Hübner, 1823)
DinummaWalker, 1858
8554.5
930611.1
deponensWalker, 1858
CalpinaeBoisduval, 1840
Note
CalpiniBoisduval, 1840Note
CalyptraOchsenheimer, 1816
8536
930612
canadensis(Bethune, 1865)
GonodontaHübner, 1818
8537
930613
sicheas(Cramer, [1777])
8538
930614
sinaldusGuenée, 1852
8539
930615
pyrgo(Cramer, [1777])
8542.2
930616
fulvangulaGeyer, 1832
Note
8540
930617
nutrix(Stoll, [1780])
8541
930618
unicaNeumögen, 1891
8542
930619
incurva(Sepp, [1840])
8542.1
930620
bidensGeyer, 1832
Note
8542.3
930621
nitidimaculaGuenée, 1852
Note
GonodontodesHampson, 1913
8542.7
930621.1
disparHampson, 1913
PlusiodontaGuenée, 1852
8534
930622
compressipalpisGuenée, 1852
8535
930623
amadoBarnes, 1907
Note
OphideriniGuenée, 1852
EudocimaBillberg, 1820
8543
930624
apta(Walker, 1858)
Note
8543.1
930625
serpentifera(Walker, [1858])
Note
8543.2
930626
tyrannus(Guenée, 1852)
Note
HypocalinaeGuenée, 1852
Note
HypocalaGuenée, 1852
8642
930627
andremona(Stoll, [1781])
HypsorophaHübner, 1818
8527
930628
monilis(Fabricius, 1777)
8528
930629
hormosHübner, 1818
8528.1
930630
bajaMcCabe, 1992
PsammathodoxaDyar, 1921
8529
930631
cochlidioidesDyar, 1921
AonNeumögen, 1892
Note
8954
930632
noctuiformisNeumögen, 1892
GoniapteryxPerty, 1833
8544
930633
servia(Stoll, [1780])
ScolecocampinaeGrote, 1883
Note
ArugisaWalker, 1865
8509
930634
lutea(Smith, 1900)
Note
8510
930635
latiorella(Walker, 1863)
Note
8511
930636
punctalis(Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
ScolecocampaGuenée, 1852
8514
930637
liburna(Geyer, 1837)
8515
930638
atrilunaSmith, 1903
RhosologiaWalker, 1865
8515.5
930638.5
porrectaWalker, 1865
GabaraWalker, 1866
8518
930639
obscura(Grote, 1883)
8519
930640
gigantea(Smith, 1905)
8520
930641
stygialis(Smith, 1903)
8522
930643
subnivosellaWalker, 1866
8523
930644
distema(Grote, 1880)
8524
930645
pulverosalis(Walker, 1866)
PalpidiaDyar, 1898
8517
930646
pallidiorDyar, 1898
PseudorgyiaHarvey, 1875
8512
930647
versutaHarvey, 1875
8513
930648
russulaGrote, 1883
PhargaWalker, 1863
8516
930649
pallens(Barnes & McDunnough, 1911)
AbablemmaNye, 1975
Note
8436
930650
grandimacula(Schaus, 1911)
8437
930651
brimleyana(Dyar, 1914)
8438
930652
bilineata(Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
8438.1
930653
duomaculata(Barnes & Benjamin, 1925)
Note
PhobolosiaDyar, 1908
8439
930654
anfracta(Edwards, 1881)
NigetiaWalker, 1866
8440
930655
formosalisWalker, 1866
Scolecocampinae(incertae sedis)
Note
Araeopteron(provisional placement)
9081
930656
vilhelmina(Dyar, 1916)
Note
SigelaHulst, 1896
Note
8432
930657
brauneata(Swett, 1913)
8433
930658
penumbrataHulst, 1896
8434
930659
basipunctaria(Walker, 1861)
8435
930660
eoides(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
HypenodinaeForbes, 1954
Note
HypenodesDoubleday, 1850
8420
930661
caducus(Dyar, 1907)
8421
930662
fractilinea(Smith, 1908)
8422
930663
palustrisFerguson, 1954
8423
930664
sombrusFerguson, 1954
8424
930665
franclemontiFerguson, 1954
DasyblemmaDyar, 1923
8425
930666
stramineaDyar, 1923
ParahypenodesBarnes & McDunnough, 1918
8430
930667
quadralisBarnes & McDunnough, 1918
SchrankiaHübner, 1825
8431
930668
macula(Druce, 1891)
DyspyralisWarren, 1891
8426
930669
illocataWarren, 1891
8427
930670
puncticosta(Smith, 1908)
8428
930671
nigellus(Strecker, 1900)
8429
930672
noloidesBarnes & McDunnough, 1916
BoletobiinaeGuenée, [1858]
Note
BoletobiiniGuenée, [1858]
ParascotiaHübner, 1825
8418
930673
fuliginaria(Linnaeus, 1761)
Note
MycterophoraNewman, 1850
8413
930674
inexplicata(Walker, [1863])
8414
930675
monticolaHulst, 1896
8415
930676
longipalpataHulst, 1896
8416
930677
geometriformisHill, 1924
8417
930678
rubricansBarnes & McDunnough, 1918
MetalectraHübner, 1823
Note
8499
930679
discalis(Grote, 1876)
8500
930680
quadrisignata(Walker, [1858])
8501
930681
bigallis(Smith, 1908)
8502
930682
tantillus(Grote, 1875)
8503
930683
diabolicaBarnes & Benjamin, 1924
8504
930684
albilineaRichards, 1941
8505
930685
richardsiBrower, 1941
8506
930686
miserulata(Grote, 1882)
8507
930687
edilis(Smith, 1906)
8507.1
930688
geminicinctaSchaus, 1916
Note
8508
930689
cinctus(Smith, 1905)
cincta(Smith, 1905), gender-conform
ProsopariaGrote, 1883
8419
930690
perfuscariaGrote, 1883
8419.1
930691
anormalis(Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Note
8419.2
930692
floridanaLafontaine & Dickel, 2009
EublemminiForbes, 1954
EublemmaHübner, 1829
9076
930693
minima(Guenée, 1852)
9077
930694
cinnamomea(Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
9078
930695
recta(Guenée, 1852)
9079
930696
irresolutaDyar, 1919
ProroblemmaHampson, 1910
9080
930697
testaBarnes & McDunnough, 1913
AventiiniTutt, 1896
Oruza(provisional placement)
Note
9025
930698
albocostaliata(Packard, 1876)
9026
930699
albocostata(Druce, 1899)
PhytometriniHampson, 1913
HemeroplanisHübner, 1818
8467
930700
scopulepes(Haworth, 1809)
8468
930701
punitalis(Smith, 1907)
8470
930703
reversalis(Smith, 1907)
8471
930704
habitalis(Walker, 1859)
8472
930705
historialis(Grote, 1882)
8474
930707
incusalis(Grote, 1881)
8475
930708
parallela(Smith, 1907)
8475.1
930709
rectalis(Smith, 1907)
Note
8476
930710
immaculalis(Harvey, 1875)
8477
930711
obliqualis(Edwards, 1886)
8477.1
930712
trilineosa(Dyar, 1918)
Note
MursaHulst, 1896
Note
8477.2
930713
phtisialis(Guenée, 1854)
GlympisWalker, 1859
8478
930714
concors(Hübner, 1823)
SpargalomaGrote, 1873
8479
930715
sexpunctataGrote, 1873
PhytometraHaworth, 1809
8480
930716
ernestinana(Blanchard, 1840)
8481
930717
rhodarialis(Walker, 1859)
8482
930718
apicataBarnes & McDunnough, 1916
8483
930719
obliqualis(Dyar, 1912)
8484
930720
orgiae(Grote, 1875)
NychiopteraFranclemont, 1966
8485
930721
noctuidalis(Dyar, 1907)
8486
930722
accolaFranclemont, 1966
8487
930723
opadaFranclemont, 1966
HormoschistaMöschler, 1890
8488
930724
latipalpis(Walker, 1858)
OmmatochilaButler, 1894
8489
930725
mundula(Zeller, 1872)
JanseodesViette, 1967
8561
930726
melanospila(Guenée, 1852)
Note
HyperstrotiaHampson, 1910
Note
9035
930727
nana(Hübner, 1818)
9036
930728
aetheria(Grote, 1879)
9037
930729
pervertens(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
9038
930730
villificans(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
9039
930731
flaviguttata(Grote, 1882)
9040
930732
secta(Grote, 1879)
Phytometrini(incertae sedis)
IsogonaGuenée, 1852
8492
930733
natatrixGuenée, 1852
8493
930734
tenuis(Grote, 1872)
8494
930735
texana(Smith, 1900)
8495
930736
punctipennis(Grote, 1883)
8496
930737
seguraBarnes, 1907
8497
930738
snowi(Smith, 1908)
8498
930739
scindens(Walker, 1858)
BandeliaLindsey, 1923
8566
930740
angulata(Barnes & Lindsey, 1922)
EuaontiaBarnes & McDunnough, 1910
8567
930741
semirufaBarnes & McDunnough, 1910
8568
930742
clarkiBarnes & McDunnough, 1916
AglaoniceMöschler, 1890
8390.1
930743
otignathaHampson, 1924
Note
AllerastriaBrown, 1987
Note
9020
930744
albiciliatus(Smith, 1903)
9020.1
930745
annaeBrown, 1987
HomoceryneaBarnes & McDunnough, 1913
Note
9027
930746
cleoriformisBarnes & McDunnough, 1913
CecharismenaMöschler, 1890
8530
930747
caraMöschler, 1890
8532
930748
nectareaMöschler, 1890
8532.1
930749
jalapena(Schaus, 1906)
Note
8533
930750
anartoides(Walker, 1865)
Note
AnobinaeHolloway, 2005
Note
BanianaWalker, 1858
8590.1
930751
minorLafontaine & Walsh, 2010
DeinopaWalker, 1856
8590.2
930752
angitia(Druce, 1891)
Note
ToxocampinaeGuenée, 1852
Note
LygephilaBillberg, 1820
8563
930753
victoria(Grote, 1874)
Note
TathorhynchusHampson, 1894
8466
930754
exsiccata(Lederer, 1855)
Note
exsiccatus(Lederer, 1855), gender-conform
ErebinaeLeach, [1815]
ThermesiiniGuenée, 1852Note
HemeroblemmaHübner, 1818
8645
930755
opigena(Drury, 1773)
8645.1
930755.1
mexicana(Guenée, 1852)
LatebrariaGuenée, 1852
8646
930756
amphipyroidesGuenée, 1852
LetisHübner, 1821
8646.1
930757
xyliaGuenée, 1852
Note
ThysaniaDalman, 1824
8647
930758
zenobia(Cramer, [1777])
AscalaphaHübner, 1809
8649
930759
odorata(Linnaeus, 1758)
CatocaliniBoisduval, [1828]
Note
SpilolomaGrote, 1873
8769
930760
lunilineaGrote, 1873
CatocalaSchrank, 1802
Note
8770
930761
innubensGuenée, 1852
8771
930762
piatrixGrote, 1864
8772
930763
consors(Smith, 1797)
8773
930764
epione(Drury, 1773)
8774
930765
mulierculaGuenée, 1852
8775
930766
antinympha(Hübner, 1823)
8777
930767
badiaGrote & Robinson, 1866
8778
930768
habilisGrote, 1872
8780
930769
robinsoniiGrote, 1872
8783
930770
angusiGrote, 1876
8781
930771
judithStrecker, 1874
8779
930772
serenaEdwards, 1864
8784
930773
obscuraStrecker, 1873
8785
930774
residuaGrote, 1874
8782
930775
flebilisGrote, 1872
8786
930776
sapphoStrecker, 1874
8788
930777
retectaGrote, 1872
8788.1
930778
luctuosaHulst, 1884
Note
8789
930779
ulalumeStrecker, 1878
8790
930780
dejectaStrecker, 1880
8791
930781
insolabilisGuenée, 1852
8792
930782
vidua(Smith, 1797)
8794
930783
lacrymosaGuenée, 1852
8795
930784
palaeogamaGuenée, 1852
8787
930785
agrippinaStrecker, 1874
8787.1
930786
atocalaBrou, 1985
8796
930787
nebulosaEdwards, 1864
8797
930788
subnataGrote, 1864
8793
930789
maestosaHulst, 1884
8798
930790
neogama(Smith, 1797)
8800
930791
aholibahStrecker, 1874
8801
930792
ilia(Cramer, [1775])
8801.1
930793
umbrosaBrou, 2003
8802
930794
cerogamaGuenée, 1852
8803
930795
relictaWalker, [1858]
8804
930796
marmorataEdwards, 1864
8805
930797
unijugaWalker, [1858]
8806
930798
partaGuenée, 1852
8807
930799
ireneBehr, 1870
8808
930800
lucianaStrecker, 1874
8811
930801
faustinaStrecker, 1873
8812
930802
hermiaEdwards, 1880
8814
930803
californicaEdwards, 1864
8817
930804
briseisEdwards, 1864
8818
930805
grotianaBailey, 1879
8821
930806
semirelictaGrote, 1874
8822
930807
meskeiGrote, 1873
8825
930808
jessicaEdwards, 1877
8829
930809
juncturaWalker, [1858]
8830
930810
texanaeFrench, 1902
Note
8831
930811
electilisWalker, 1858
8832
930812
caraGuenée, 1852
8832.1
930813
carissimaHulst, 1880
Note
8833
930814
concumbensWalker, [1858]
8834
930815
amatrix(Hübner, [1813])
8835
930816
delilahStrecker, 1874
8835.1
930817
desdemonaEdwards, 1881
Note
8835.2
930818
caesiaHawks, 2010
8837
930819
fredericiGrote, 1872
8837.1
930820
benjaminiBrower, 1937
Note
8836
930821
andromacheEdwards, 1885
8862
930822
californiensisBrower, 1976
8861
930823
johnsonianaBrower, 1976
8839
930824
mcdunnoughiBrower, 1937
8838
930825
chelidoniaGrote, 1881
8840
930826
illectaWalker, [1858]
8841
930827
abbreviatellaGrote, 1872
8842
930828
nuptialisWalker, [1858]
8843
930829
whitneyiDodge, 1874
8844
930830
amestrisStrecker, 1874
8845
930831
messalinaGuenée, 1852
8846
930832
sordidaGrote, 1877
8847
930833
gracilisEdwards, 1864
8848
930834
louiseaeBauer, 1965
Note
8849
930835
andromedae(Guenée, 1852)
8850
930836
herodiasStrecker, 1876
8851
930837
coccinataGrote, 1872
8852
930838
verrillianaGrote, 1875
8853
930839
violentaEdwards, 1880
8854
930840
opheliaEdwards, 1880
8857
930841
ultronia(Hübner, 1823)
8855
930842
mirandaEdwards, 1881
8856
930843
orbaKusnezov, 1903
8863
930844
miraGrote, 1876
8864
930845
grynea(Cramer, [1779])
8858
930846
crataegiSaunders, 1876
8865
930847
praeclaraGrote & Robinson, 1866
8869
930848
alabamaeGrote, 1875
8858.1
930849
pretiosaLintner, 1876
Note
8860
930850
lincolnanaBrower, 1976
8867
930851
blandulaHulst, 1884
8871
930852
dulciolaGrote, 1881
8872
930853
clintoniiGrote, 1864
8875
930854
grisatraBrower, 1936
8873
930855
similisEdwards, 1864
8874
930856
minutaEdwards, 1864
8876
930857
micronymphaGuenée, 1852
8877
930858
connubialisGuenée, 1852
8878
930859
amica(Hübner, 1818)
8878.1
930860
lineellaGrote, 1872
Note
8879
930861
jairStrecker, 1897

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