Moths in New Milford, Connecticut, USA
In this list, I will include all moths that I find in my yard (mostly at night). I use a combination of tube blacklights, 395 nm LED light strips, and traditional incandescent light bulbs to attract the moths. I also used floral lures (four potted petunias).
Christine Young created this list 6 years ago
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Red-fringed Emerald (Spring Form) - Nemoria bistriaria -
Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth - Orthosia hibisci -
Toothed Brown Carpet - Xanthorhoe lacustrata -
Stripe-backed Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella -
T Moth - Emmelina monodactyla -
Ruby Quaker - Orthosia rubescens -
Coleotechnites Flower Moth - Coleotechnites florae -
Distinct Quaker - Achatia distincta -
Moth - Family Noctuidae, maybe Amphipyra glabella? -
Pug Moth - Eupithecia sp. -
Mottled Gray Carpet - Cladara limitaria -
Maple Twig Borer Moth - Proteoteras aesculana -
Black and Gray Banded Leafroller - Syndemis afflictana -
Dusky Marbled Brown - Gluphisia septentrionis -
Bent-line Carpet - Costaconvexa centrostrigaria -
Distinct Quaker - Achatia distincta -
Dark-collared Tinea - Tinea apicimaculella -
Toothed Brown Carpet - Xanthorhoe lacustrata -
Twirler Moth - Coleotechnites sp. -
Black-crescent Proteoteras - Proteoteras crescentana -
Newman's Brocade - Meropleon ambifusca -
Bristly Cutworm - Lacinipolia renigera -
Maple Twig Borer Moth - Family Tortricidae, Subfamily Olethreutinae, Tribe Eucosmini, Proteoteras aesculana -
Wedgling Moth - Galgula partita