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Family Genus Species Hodges Common Name
Noctuidae Acronicta impleta 9257 Nondescript Dagger Moth
Noctuidae Acronicta noctivaga 9259 Night-wandering Dagger Moth
Noctuidae Acronicta longa 9264 Long-winged Dagger Moth
Noctuidae Acronicta oblinita 9272 Nondescript Dagger Moth
Noctuidae Acronicta sagittata 9273  
Noctuidae Acronicta lanceolaria 9274  
Noctuidae Acronicta lupini 9275  
Noctuidae Simyra insularis 9280 Henry's Marsh Moth
Noctuidae Agriopodes fallax 9281 The Green Marvel
Noctuidae Anterastria teratophora 9284  
Noctuidae Polygrammate hebraeicum 9285 The Hebrew
Noctuidae Harrisimemna trisignata 9286 Harris' Three Spot
Noctuidae Eudryas unio 9299 Pearly Wood-Nymph
Noctuidae Eudryas grata 9301 Beautiful Wood-Nymph
Noctuidae Psychomorpha epimenis 9309 Grapevine Epimenis
Noctuidae Alypia octomaculata 9314 Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Noctuidae Alypia langtoni 9318 Langton"s Forester Moth
Noctuidae Apamea nigrior 9328  
Noctuidae Apamea cariosa 9329 Nondescript Dagger Moth
Noctuidae Apamea cristata 9331  
Noctuidae Apamea vulgaris 9332  
Noctuidae Melanapamea mixta 9361  
Noctuidae Apamea sordens 9364  
Noctuidae Apamea digitula 9364.1  
Noctuidae Apamea helva 9373 Yellow Three-spot
Noctuidae Apamea longula 9383  
Noctuidae Resapamea passer 9391 Dock Rustic
Noctuidae Resapamea stipata 9393  
Noctuidae Oligia chlorostigma 9402  
Noctuidae Oligia modica 9404 Black-banded Brocade
Noctuidae Mesapamea fractilinea 9406 Broken-lined Brocade
Noctuidae Neoligia exhausta 9408  
Noctuidae Neoligia semicana 9411  
Noctuidae Neoligia subjuncta 9412  
Noctuidae Neoligia rubirena 9413.1  
Noctuidae Oligia bridghamii 9415 Bridgham's Brocade
Noctuidae Platypolia mactata 9419  
Noctuidae Fishia illocata 9420 Wandering Brocade
Noctuidae Meropleon diversicolor 9427  
Noctuidae Meropleon ambifusca 9428  
Noctuidae Lemmeria digitalis 9429  
Noctuidae Macronoctua onusta 9452 Iris Borer Moth
Noctuidae Helotropha reniformis 9453  
Noctuidae Loscopia velata 9454 Veiled Ear Moth
Noctuidae Amphipoea interoceanica 9456  
Noctuidae Amphipoea americana 9457 American Ear Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema cerina 9464  
Noctuidae Papaipema cataphracta 9466 Burdock Borer Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema arctivorens 9471 Northern Burdock Borer Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema impecuniosa 9473  
Noctuidae Papaipema inquaesita 9483 Sensitive Fern Borer Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema baptisiae 9485  
Noctuidae Papaipema birdi 9486 Umbellifer Borer Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema insulidens 9488  
Noctuidae Papaipema nepheleptena 9490  
      9491  
Noctuidae Papaipema marginidens 9492  
Noctuidae Papaipema appassionata 9493  
Noctuidae Papaipema furcata 9495  
Noctuidae Papaipema nebris 9496 Stalk Borer Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema necopina 9497 Sunflower Borer Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema silphii 9498  
Noctuidae Papaipema maritima 9500  
Noctuidae Papaipema eupatorii 9501  
Noctuidae Papaipema nelita 9502  
Noctuidae Papaipema rigida 9503 Rigid Sunflower Borer Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema cerussata 9505 Ironweed Borer Moth
Noctuidae Papaipema unimoda 9509  
Noctuidae Hydraecia immanis 9513 Hop Vine Borer Moth
Noctuidae Hydraecia micacea 9514 Rosy Rustic Moth
Noctuidae Hydraecia stramentosa 9516  
Noctuidae Achatodes zeae 9520 Elder Shoot Borer Moth
Noctuidae Euplexia benesimilis 9545 American Angle Shades
Noctuidae Phlogophora iris 9546 Olive Angled Shades
Noctuidae Phlogophora periculosa 9547 Brown Angle Shades
Noctuidae Ipimorpha pleonectusa 9555 Even-lined Sallow
Noctuidae Chytonix palliatricula 9556 Cloaked Marvel
Noctuidae Dypterygia rozmani 9560 American Bird-wing Moth
Noctuidae Hyppa xylinoides 9578 Common Hyppa
Noctuidae Nedra ramosula 9582 Gray Half-Spot
Noctuidae Phosphila turbulenta 9618 Turbulent Phosphila
Noctuidae Phosphila miselioides 9619 Spotted Phosphila
Noctuidae Trachea delicata 9626  
Noctuidae Neophaenis boucheri 9628  
Noctuidae Callopistria mollissima 9631 Pink-Shaded Fern Moth
Noctuidae Callopistria cordata 9633 Silver-Spotted Fern Moth
Noctuidae Magusa divaricata 9637.1  
Noctuidae Amphipyra pyramidoides 9638 Copper Underwing
Noctuidae Amphipyra tragopoginis 9639  
Noctuidae Proxenus miranda 9647 Miranda Moth
Noctuidae Athetis tarda 9650 The Slow Poke
Noctuidae Crambodes talidiformis 9661 Verbena Moth
Noctuidae Balsa malana 9662  Many-Dotted Appleworm Moth
Noctuidae Balsa tristrigella 9663  Three-Lined Balsa
Noctuidae Balsa labecula 9664  White-Blotched Balsa
Noctuidae Spodoptera frugiperda 9666 Fall Armyworm Moth
Noctuidae Spodoptera ornithogalli 9669 Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth
Noctuidae Spodoptera dolichos 9671 Dolichos Armyworm Moth
Noctuidae Elaphria versicolor 9678 Variegated Midget
Noctuidae Elaphria chalcedonia 9679 Chalcedony Midget
Noctuidae Elaphria festivoides 9681 The Festive Midget
      9681.1  
Noctuidae Elaphria grata 9684 Chalcedony Midget
Noctuidae Galgula partita 9688 The Wedgling
Noctuidae Perigea xanthioides 9689 Chalcedony Midget
Noctuidae Condica videns 9690 White-dotted Groundling
Noctuidae Condica mobilis 9693  
Noctuidae Condica vecors 9696 Dusky Groundling
Noctuidae Condica sutor 9699  
Noctuidae Ogdoconta cinereola 9720 Chalcedony Midget
Noctuidae Azenia obtusa 9725 Obtuse Yellow
Noctuidae Plagiomimicus spumosum 9748  
Noctuidae Plagiomimicus pityochromus 9754 Black-barred Brown
Noctuidae Cirrhophanus triangulifer 9766 Goldenrod Stowaway
Noctuidae Stiria rugifrons 9785  
Noctuidae Oslaria viridifera 9791  
Noctuidae Cosmia calami 9815 American Dun-Bar Moth
Erebidae Amolita fessa 9818 Feeble Grass Moth
Noctuidae Homoglaea hircina 9881  
Noctuidae Lithophane bethunei 9887 Bethune's Pinion
Noctuidae Lithophane antennata 9910 Ashen Pinion
      9914  
Noctuidae Lithophane grotei 9915 Grote's Pinion
Noctuidae Lithophane pexata 9922  
Noctuidae Pyreferra hesperidago 9929 Mustard Sallow
Noctuidae Pyreferra pettiti 9932  
Noctuidae Eupsilia vinulenta 9933 Straight-toothed Sallow
Noctuidae Eupsilia cirripalea 9934 Franclemont's Sallow
Noctuidae Eupsilia tristigmata 9935 Three-Spotted Sallow
Noctuidae Eupsilia morrisoni 9936 Morrison's Sallow
Noctuidae Eupsilia devia 9939 Lost Sallow
Noctuidae Sericaglaea signata 9941 Variable Sallow
Noctuidae Metaxaglaea inulta 9943 Unsated Sallow
Noctuidae Metaxaglaea semitaria 9945 Footpath Sallow
Noctuidae Epiglaea decliva 9946 Sloping Sallow
Noctuidae Sunira bicolorago 9957 Bicolored Sallow
Noctuidae Anathix ralla 9961 Dotted Sallow
Noctuidae Anathix puta 9962 Puta Sallow
Noctuidae Mniotype ducta 9987  
Noctuidae Pachypolia atricornis 9992  
Noctuidae Brachylomia discinigra 9999  
Noctuidae Psaphida electilis 10012 Chosen Sallow
Noctuidae Psaphida grandis 10013 Gray Sallow
Noctuidae Psaphida rolandi 10014 Roland's Sallow
Noctuidae Psaphida resumens 10019 Figure-Eight Sallow
Noctuidae Psaphida thaxterianus 10020  
Noctuidae Copivaleria grotei 10021 Grote's Sallow
Noctuidae Catabena lineolata 10033 Five-lined Sallow
Noctuidae Sympistis badistriga 10059  
Noctuidae Sympistis infixa 10065  
Noctuidae Sympistis saundersiana 10099  
Noctuidae Cucullia intermedia 10194 Intermediate Cucullia
Noctuidae Cucullia florea 10197 White-streaked Prominent
Noctuidae Cucullia asteroides 10200 The Asteriod
Noctuidae Cucullia convexipennis 10202 Brown-hooded Owlet
      10259  
      10268  
Noctuidae Polia nimbosa 10275 Stormy Arches
Noctuidae Polia imbrifera 10276 Cloudy Arches
Noctuidae Polia purpurissata 10280 Purple Arches
Noctuidae Orthodes detracta 10288 Disparaged Arches
Noctuidae Orthodes goodelli 10289  
Noctuidae Orthodes obscura 10290  
Noctuidae Morrisonia latex 10291 Fluid Arches
Noctuidae Melanchra adjuncta 10292 Hitched Arches
Noctuidae Melanchra picta 10293 Zebra Caterpillar Moth
Noctuidae Melanchra pulverulenta 10294  
Noctuidae Lacanobia nevadae 10296  
Noctuidae Lacanobia subjuncta 10299 Speckled Cutworm Moth
Noctuidae Lacabonia grandis 10300  
Noctuidae Papestra biren 10311  
Noctuidae Lacinipolia renigera 10397 Bristly Cutworm Moth
Noctuidae Lacinipolia lorea 10405 Bridled Arches
Noctuidae Lacinipolia olivacea 10406 Olive Arches
Noctuidae Lacinipolia implicata 10414 Implicit Arches
Noctuidae Dargida diffusa 10431 Wheat Head Armyworm Moth
Noctuidae Dargida rubripennis 10434 The Pink-streak
Noctuidae Mythimna oxygala 10436  
Noctuidae Mythimna unipuncta 10438 Armyworm Moth
Noctuidae Leucania extincta 10439  
Noctuidae Leucania linita 10440  
Noctuidae Leucania februalis 10443  
Noctuidae Leucania phragmitidicola 10444 Phragmites Wainscot
Noctuidae Leucania linda 10445  
Noctuidae Leucania multilinea 10446 Many-Lined Wainscot
Noctuidae Leucania lapidaria 10446.1  
Noctuidae Leucania commoides 10447  
Noctuidae Leucania scirpicola 10455 Scirpus Wainscot
Noctuidae Leucania adjuta 10456  
Noctuidae Leucania ursula 10461 Ursula Wainscot
Noctuidae Leucania pseudargyria 10462 False Wainscot
Noctuidae Orthosia rubescens 10487 Ruby Quaker
Noctuidae Orthosia garmani 10488 Garman's  Quaker
Noctuidae Orthosia alurina 10491 Gray Quaker
Noctuidae Orthosia hibisci 10495 Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth
Noctuidae Crocigrapha normani 10501 Norman's Quaker
Noctuidae Himella fidelis 10502  
Noctuidae Achatia distincta 10518 Distinct Quaker
Noctuidae Morrisonia mucens 10519 Gray Woodgrain
Noctuidae Morrisonia evicta 10520 Bicolored Woodgrain
Noctuidae Morrisonia confusa 10521 Confused Woodgrain
Noctuidae Nephelodes minians 10524 Bronzed Cutworm Moth
Noctuidae Protorthodes curtica 10546  
Noctuidae Protorthodes rufula 10557  
Noctuidae Protorthodes oviduca 10563 Ruddy Quaker
Noctuidae Ulolonche culea 10567 Sheathed Quaker
Noctuidae Pseudorthodes vecors 10578 Small Brown Quaker
Noctuidae Pseudorthodes keela 10581  
Noctuidae Orthodes majuscula 10585 Rustic Quaker
Noctuidae Orthodes cynica 10587 Cynical Quaker
Noctuidae Tricholita signata 10627 Signate Quaker
Noctuidae Agrotis vetusta 10641 Old Man Dart
Noctuidae Agrotis gladiaria 10648 Swordsman Dart
Noctuidae Agrotis venerabilis 10651 Venerable Dart
Noctuidae Agrotis volubilis 10659 Voluble Dart
Noctuidae Agrotis ipsilon 10663 Ipsilion Dart
Noctuidae Feltia subterranea 10664 Subterranean Dart
Noctuidae Feltia jaculifera 10670 Dingy Cutworm Moth
Noctuidae Feltia subgothica 10674 Subgothic Dart
Noctuidae Feltia tricosa 10675  
Noctuidae Feltia herilis 10676 Master's Dart
Noctuidae Eucoptocnemis fimbriaris 10694 Fringed Dart
Noctuidae Euxoa divergens 10702 Divergent Dart
Noctuidae Euxoa auxiliaris 10731  
Noctuidae Euxoa mimallonis 10738  
Noctuidae Euxoa declarata 10755  
Noctuidae Euxoa conjuncta 10778  
Noctuidae Euxoa ochrogaster 10801 Redbacked Cutworm
Noctuidae Euxoa tessellata 10805 Tessellate Dart
Noctuidae Euxoa obeliscoides 10817  
Noctuidae Euxoa detersa 10838 Rubbed Dart
Noctuidae Euxoa redimicula 10851 Fillet Dart
Noctuidae Euxoa montana 10856  
Noctuidae Euxoa flavicollis 10864  
Noctuidae Dichagyris grotei 10869  
Noctuidae Dichagyris acclivis 10870  
Noctuidae Striacosta albicosta 10878 Flame-Shouldered Dart
Noctuidae Dichagyris madida 10885  
Noctuidae Ochropleura implecta 10891  
Noctuidae Anicla forbesi 10902  
Noctuidae Anicla infecta 10911 Green Cutworm Moth
Noctuidae Peridroma saucia 10915 Variegated Cutworm Moth
Noctuidae Diarsia rubifera 10917  
Noctuidae Diarsia jucunda 10919 Smaller Pinkish Dart
Noctuidae Rhyacia quadrangula 10925  
Noctuidae Spaelotis clandestina 10926  
Noctuidae Graphiphora augur 10928  
Noctuidae Xestia bolteri 10941  
Noctuidae Xestia c-nigrum 10942  
Noctuidae Xestia dolosa 10942.1 Greater Black-Lettered Dart
Noctuidae Xestia normanianus 10943 Norman's Dart
Noctuidae Xestia smithii 10944 Smith's Dart
Noctuidae Pseudohermonassa bicarnea 10950 Pink-spotted Dart
Noctuidae Agnorisma badinodis 10955 Pale-banded Dart
Noctuidae Agnorisma bollii 10956  
Noctuidae Xestia badicollis 10968  
Noctuidae Xestia mustelina 10971  
Noctuidae Hemipachnobia subporphyrea 10993  
Noctuidae Cerastis tenebrifera 10994 Reddish Speckled Dart
Noctuidae Choephora fungorum 10998 Bent-Lined Dart
Noctuidae Noctua pronuba 11003.1 Large Yellow Underwing
Noctuidae Protolampra brunneicollis 11006 Brown-collared Dart
Noctuidae Eueretagrotis sigmoides 11007  
Noctuidae Eueretagrotis perattentus 11008  
Noctuidae Eueretagrotis attentus 11009  
Noctuidae Xestia plebeia 11011  
Noctuidae Abagrotis mirabilis 11019  
Noctuidae Abagrotis nefascia 11024  
Noctuidae Abagrotis alternata 11029 Greater Red Dart
Noctuidae Abagrotis apposita 11037  
Noctuidae Abagrotis reedi 11040  
Noctuidae Abagrotis placida 11041  
Noctuidae Abagrotis dodi 11042  
Noctuidae Abagrotis cupida 11043  
Noctuidae Abagrotis brunneipennis 11044  
Noctuidae Abagrotis anchocelioides 11045  
Noctuidae Parabagrotis insularis 11047.2  
Noctuidae Parabagrotis sulinaris 11048  
Noctuidae Ufeus satyricus 11051  
Noctuidae Ufeus plicatus 11052  
Noctuidae Pyrrhia cilisca 11063 Bordered Sallow
Noctuidae Pyrrhia exprimens 11064  
Noctuidae Helicoverpa zea 11068 Corn Earworm Moth
Noctuidae Heliothis subflexa 11070 Subflexus Straw
Noctuidae Heliothis phloxiphaga 11072  
Noctuidae Heliothis acesias 11072.1  
Noctuidae Schinia septentrionalis 11110 Northern Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia lynx 11117 Lynx Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia arcigera 11128 Arcigera Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia rivulosa 11135 Ragweed Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia thoreaui 11141 Thoreau's Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia oleagina 11148  
Noctuidae Schinia grandimedia 11148.1  
Noctuidae Schinia trifascia 11149 Three-lined Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia carmosina 11173.1 Glorius Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia lucens 11174 Leadplant Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia nundina 11177 Goldenrod Flower Moth
Noctuidae Schinia brunnea 11182