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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Chokecherry Leafroller Moth - Sparganothis directana -
Black-smudged Chionodes - Chionodes mediofuscella -
Diamondback moth - Plutella xylostella -
Tufted Apple Bud Moth - Platynota idaeusalis -
Ambiguous Moth - Lascoria ambigualis -
Unidentified Moth -
Sordid Hypena - Hypena sordidula -
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia - Hypsopygia olinalis -
Common Gray - Anavitrinella pampinaria -
Acrobasis caryalbella -
Hypena madefactalis - Gray-edged Hypena -
Distinct Sparganothis Moth - Sparganothis distincta -
Hypagyrtis unipunctata - One-spotted Variant -
Bud Moth - Spilonota ocellana -
Honeycomb Moth - Galleria mellonella -
Broad-patched Eugnosta - Eugnosta sartana -
Zale minerea - Colorful Zale -
Minor Angle - Macaria minorata -
Sigmoid prominent - Clostera albosigma -
Tick-Trefoil Caloptilia - Caloptilia violacella -
Texas Gray Moth (Glenoides texanaria) -
Maple Twig Borer - Proteoteras aesculana -
Black Wedge-Spot (Homophoberia apicosa) -
Dark Red Underwing - Catocala ultronia