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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Dark Diacme - Diacme adipaloides -
Pale-winged Crocidophora - Crocidophora tuberculalis -
Large Lace Border - Scopula limboundata -
Scudder's Epiblema - Epiblema scudderiana -
Deadwood Borer Moth - Scolecocampa liburna -
Large Clover Casebearer - Coleophora trifolii -
Red-banded Leafroller Moth - Argyrotaenia velutinana -
Isabella Tiger Moth - Pyrrharctia isabella -
Dotted Gymnandrosoma - Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanum -
Setaceous Hebrew Character - Xestia c-nigrum -
Double-humped Pococera Moth - Pococera expandens -
Yellow Slant-Line - Tetracis crocallata -
Crocus Geometer - Xanthotype sospeta -
Eyed Paectes Moth - Paectes oculatrix -
Garden Tortrix - Clepsis peritana -
Grand Arches Moth - Lacanobia grandis -
Moth - Bucculatrix Section IV (oak and birch family leafminers), possibly Bucculatrix packardella -
Black-smudged Chionodes - Chionodes mediofuscella -
Maple Zale - Zale galbanata -
Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis -
Locust Digitate Leafminer - Parectopa robiniella -
Conifer Needleminer - Coleotechnites coniferella -
Interrupted Dagger - Acronicta interrupta -
Green Leuconycta - Leuconycta diphteroides