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Total Species: 270

Saddleback Caterpillar Moth (Acharia stimulea)

Hairer back than mine. Impressive

20190726

Distinct Quaker (Achatia distincta)

Recognizable oats

20210414

Garden Webworm Moth (Achyra rantalis)

Ignore the creepy guy in the window

20190520

Celianas Acleris (Acleris celiana)

A very variable species

20200310

Hasty Acleris (Acleris hastiana)

Stop and smell the roses

20210526

Dark-spotted Alceris (Acleris inana)

A little micromoth

20191031

No Common Name (Acrolophus arcanella)

A tubeworm I misidentified earler

20200708

Clemens Grass Tubeworm Moth (Acrolophus popeanella)

Legit palps

20210820

Walsinghams Grass Tubeworm Moth (Acrolophus propinqua)

Big hairy PALPS

20200709

Afflicted Dagger Moth (Acronicta afflicta)

Pure angst

20230912

American Dagger (Acronicta americana)

USA! USA!

20190806

Birch Dagger (Acronicta betulae)

A nice looking and uncommon fella

20200518

Yellow-Haired Dagger (Acronicta impleta)

Blonde and stabby

20210520

Great Oak Dagger Moth (Acronicta lobeliae)

Big stabby wood

20210504

Retarded Dagger (Acronicta retardata)

His mom drank while he was in the cocoon

20200601

Luna Moth (Actias luna)

About time I found one of these

20200622

No Common Name (Aethes baloghi)

MICRO

20200618

Pale-Banded Dart (Agnorisma badinodis)

Seconds before takeoff

20201016

No Common Name (Agnorisma bollii)

A rare moth! Not even in my guide!

20191010

Lesser Vagabond Sod Webworm (Agriphila ruricolellus)

Being a sod webworm is bad enough, but being the lesser one is worde

20200909

Vagabond Crambus (Agriphila vulgivagellus)

Part moth, part hobo

20200925

Swordsman Dart (Agrotis gladiaria)

Looking sharp!

20191008

Ipsilon Dart (Agrotis ipsilon)

Very Greek

20220503

Fall Cankerworm Moth (Alsophila pometaria)

A December moth on a cold snowy morning

20201214

White-lined Leafroller (Amorbia humerosana)

Ignore the lack of white lines

20190528

Celery Looper (Anagrapha falcifera)

Almost all loopers look cool and this one is no exception

20210830

Common Gray (Anavitrinella pampinaria)

You have no redeeming qualities

20190809

Green Cutworm Moth (Anicla infecta)

Infecta is an awesome latin name

20201112

Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus)

A fresh male

20220509

Nais Tiger Moth (Apantesis nais)

Mmmmmm LINES

20190820

Harnassed Tiger Moth (Apantesis phalerata)

I like this one a lot

20210901

Spotted Apatelodes (Apatelodes torrefacta)

Not an elephant

20190820

Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)

A bee and wasp parasite

20210528

Yellow-collard Slug Moth (Apoda y-inversum)

CUTE

20190619

Lined Oak Leafroller (Argyrotaenia quercifoliana)

Orange creamsicle

20200819

Dot-lined White (Artace cribraria)

The brick grew a beard

20200707

Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea)

The black shines blue in the flash

20200811

Common Looper (Autographa precationis)

Super fresh specimen

20200618

Small Baileya (Baileya australis)

Just a little fella

20200528

Acorn Moth (Blastobasis glandulella)

A corny moth HAHAHAHA

20210818

Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix (Blepharomastix ranalis)

Yet another METAL moth name

20190705

Bent-Winged Owlet (Bleptina caradrinalis)

Bleptina is a pretty funny name

20210603

Clover Looper (Caenurgina crassiuscula)

Idiot flew into a spider web-- yes I saved him

20200814

Forage Looper (Caenurgina erechtea)

Forage looper.. I hardly forage know her!

20200430

Pink-Shaded Fern Moth (Callopistria mollissima)

Pink moths are still the best

20200901

Pale Beauty (Campaea perlata)

Had to pop the hood of the 32 to find this one

20200916

Elm Leaf-Sewer (Carpatolechia fugitivella)

MAYBE

20210519

The Penitent (Catocala piatrix)

Cori supplied the background

20200910

Saddled Prominent (Cecrita guttivitta)

Formerly Heterocampa

20220711

Elm Sphinx (Ceratomia amyntor)

What a beaut

20230615

Catalpa Sphinx (Ceratomia catalpae)

The Big Boy himself

20200702

Waved Sphinx Moth (Ceratomia undulosa)

Another new sphinx for LEMSA

20210702

Tufted Bird Dropping Moth (Cerma cerintha)

Bird crap never looked so good

20190611

Sooty-winged Chalcoela (Chalcoela iphitalis)

Paper wasp parasite-- kinda neat

20200608

The Laugher (Charadra deridens)

HAHAHAHA

20200614

Black-smudged Chionodes (Chionodes mediofuscella)

Flying mulch

20200413

Tobacco Budworm Moth (Chloridea virescens)

Smoking cessation animal

20190906

Oblique-banded Leafroller (Choristoneura rosaceana)

Somewhere in between a right angle and parallel

20200715

Soybean Looper (Chrysodeixis includens)

Soon to be a dizzy Chinese condiment

20200828

Morbid Owlet (Chytolita morbidalis)

I think anyway

20210901

Yellow-Collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis)

Once again-- should be ORANGE-collared

20200828

Little White Lichen Moth (Clemensia albata)

Getting pretty literal with the names here

20200602

Clemens Clepsis (Clepsis clemensiana)

With his pal the clover mite

20200529

Garden Tortrix (Clepsis peritana)

So smol. The smolest

20190726

Sigmoid Prominent (Clostera albosigma)

Alright this one is pretty neat

20200727

Grotes Sallow (Copivaleria grotei)

New for LEMSA again- Green moths are cool

20210405

Barberry Geometer (Coryphista meadii)

No clue what a barberry is

20190909

Bent-Line Carpet (Costaconvexa centrostrigaria)

The female pictured is way nicer that the boring males

20210903

Pale Lichen Moth (Crambidia pallida)

A solid find for 6-3

20200908

Double-Banded Grass-Veneer (Crambus agitatellus)

Hyphenated

20200620

Small White Grass-Veneer (Crambus albellus)

Name says it all

20210604

Eastern Grass-Veneer (Crambus laqueatellus)

Uh huh

20210518

Normans Quaker (Crocigrapha normani)

Quake and Bake!

20200408

Sharp-Stigma Looper (Ctenoplusia oxygramma)

Real sharp looking moth

20200918

Packards Wave (Cyclophora packardi)

Sorry Packard, no apostrophes. No one knows you own this wave

20190813

Delicate Cycnia (Cycnia tenera)

Get the bubblewrap

20200613

Filbertworm Moth (Cydia latiferreana)

IT IS CUTE and tiny

20220831

Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella)

His parents babied him

20200714

Virginia Creeper Sphinx Moth (Darapsa myron)

A new sphinx moth for LEMSA

20210615

Anguss Datana (Datana angusii)

I really could use an apostrophe right now

20210707

Contracted Datana (Datana contracta)

Read the fine print

20200620

Yellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth (Datana ministra)

A guy from 6-3

20200619

Grape Leaffolder Moth (Desmia funeralis)

FUNERALIS

20200608

Dark-Spotted Looper (Diachrysia aereoides)

A decent 6-1 find

20210723

Julias Dicymolomia (Dicymolomia julianalis)

I gave it back to Julia when I was done

20200613

Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)

Everyone loves a pink moth

20200614

The Bad-Wing (Dyspteris abortivaria)

Another great moth name

20220525

Waterlily Leafcutter (Elophila obliteralis)

Kinda cool name there

20210907

Morning-glory Plume Moth (Emmelina monodactyla)

It is nice

20210406

Dimorphic Epipaschia (Epipaschia superatalis)

Bugguide calls it the Dimorphic Macalla-- even this things name is dimorphic

20200621

Salt Marsh Moth (Estigmene acrea)

Do not worry he is fine

20230515

Deep Yellow Euchlaena (Euchlaena amoenaria)

I can pronounce two of those words

20200531

Derelict Eucosma Moth (Eucosma derelicta)

What a great moth name

20200810

Striped Eudonia (Eudonia strigalis)

Another boring micromoth

20200607

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

I agree

20210707

Pearly Wood-nymph (Eudryas unio)

I love this thing

20190625

Common Pug (Eupithecia miserulata)

Wow who cares

20210729

Gray Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)

I THINK

20200403

Confused Eusarca (Eusarca confusaria)

So confused he thought he was outside

20200825

Beautiful Eutelia (Eutelia pulcherrima)

Super great. Eats poison ivy, too

20190524

Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria)

Go to a dentist

20190501

American Plum Borer (Euzophera semifuneralis)

Semi-funeralis-- for when you are semi-dead

20200917

Changeable Grass-Veneer (Fissicrambus mutabilis)

Unchangeably boring

20210524

The Wedgling (Galgula partita)

My favorite name

20200902

No Common Name (Glaphyria cappsi)

Lemon cupcake with chocale frosting

20200803

No Common Name (Glaphyria fulminalis)

Not G Cappsi based on the shallow angle that the PM line meets the inner margin

20210723

White-roped Glaphyria (Glaphyria sesquistrialis)

Not gonna do the first joke I thought of

20200902

Common Gluphisia (Gluphisia septentrionis)

Nice

20190709

Lesser Appleworm Moth (Grapholita prunivora)

Resting on a meadow mushroom I ate later

20200902

Dotted Gymnandrosoma (Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanum)

Tiny moth giant name

20210614

Chickweed Geometer (Haematopis grataria)

You know it you love it

20200708

No Common Name (Hahncappsia mancalis)

The record-breaker! Number 118!

20200807

Banded Tussock Moth (Halysidota tessellaris)

If you outlaw banded tussock moths only outlaws will have contrabanded tussock moths

20200624

Corn Earworm (Helicoverpa zea)

Pretty sure.. kind of a weird one

20200917

Plain Plume Moth (Hellinsia homodactylus)

At least you have a fun shape

20190807

Wavy-lined Heterocampa (Heterocampa biundata)

2nd best heterocampa

20190702

Small Heterocampa (Heterocampa subrotata)

Hetero AND camp-- so confusing

20200530

Intractable Quaker (Himella fidelis)

Also an intractable quaker- former US president Richard Milhous Nixon

20190416

Brown Bark Carpet (Horisme intestinata)

All those lines!

20190911

Transfigured Hydriomena (Hydriomena transfigurata)

I am about 60 percent sure of this one

20210505

Spotted Beet Webworm (Hymenia perspectalis)

Spotted.. not striped. Because reasons

20191008

One-Spotted Variant (Hypagyrtis unipunctata)

Ubiquitous

20200609

Baltimore Snout (Hypena baltimoralis)

Caption

20220710

Mottled Hypena (Hypena palparia)

Maybe

20210614

Green Cloverworm Moth (Hypena scabra)

YAWN

20210421

Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)

This is not particularly large for a moth and very small compared to a leopard-- so why is it called giant

20200630

Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea)

Yup

20210506

Painted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa)

Now here is a real nice looking moth

20210729

Yellow-Fringed Dolichomia (Hypsopygia olinalis)

Wave your butt in the air

20200616

Common Idia (Idia aemula)

Filthy commoner

20200529

American Idia (Idia americalis)

Freedom moth

20200528

Black-Dotted Ruddy (Ilexia intractata)

Very Stalin-like description

20210819

Brown-shaded Gray (Iridopsis defectaria)

Grays- fun aliens but boring moths

20210406

Small Purplish Gray (Iridopsis humaria)

Yes all of those things

20210702

Large Purplish Gray (Iridopsis vellivolata)

First one I have ever seen that had any hint of purple on it

20200406

Crowned Slug (Isa textula)

King of the slugs

20200724

Explicit Arches (Lacinipolia explicata)

Eligible for military service

20200513

Bristly Cutworm (Lacinipolia renigera)

Like Wilford Brimley drinking a tequila while brandishing a knife

20200529

Yellow-Headed Looper (Lambdina pellucidaria)

I think

20210603

The Ambigious Moth (Lascoria ambigualis)

This is a male- the females are more plain

20200320

Phragmites Wainscot (Leucania phragmitidicola)

Phragmites sounds like a parasite

20210624

Green Leuconycta (Leuconycta diphteroides)

New for lemsa and kinda neat

20210521

Grotes Pinion (Lithophane grotei)

Jagged black lines distingush this from other similar pinions

20191028

Dowdy Pinion (Lithophane unimoda)

February moth number 3. A real beaut too

20200227

Drab Brown Wave (Lobocleta ossularia)

Not a very nice name

20210902

Double-Lined Prominent (Lochmaeus bilineata)

Legged out the double on a line drive

20210519

Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth (Lochmaeus manteo)

We get these every year

20210724

White Spring Moth (Lomographa vestaliata)

Just pretend that it was not July when I found this one--Also moth number 100! Yay!

20200714

Hickory Tussock Moth (Lophocampa caryae)

Gilded

20200614

Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)

Not what ya wanna see

20220710

Common Angle (Macaria aemulataria)

All over the place

20200528

Bicolored Angle (Macaria bicolorata)

Two colors-- brown and also brown

20200708

Red-Headed Inchworm (Macaria bisignata)

Ginger

20210812

Hemlock Angle (Macaria fissinotata)

Racking up more angles this year than a geometry class

20200825

Blurry Chocolate Angle (Macaria transitaria)

Angle that blurry chocolate INTO MY MOUTH HAHAH

20200430

Brown-Lined Owlet (Macrochilo litophora)

My guide calls these Two-Lined Owlets

20210624

Black-Dotted Glyph (Maliattha synochitis)

Bird scat

20200616

Rustic Sphinx (Manduca rustica)

Hod-carrying bum

20230724

Black-Bordered Lemon (Marimatha nigrofimbria)

Looks tasty

20200902

Bilobed Looper (Megalographa biloba)

Ginko Biloba

20200519

Confused Meganola (Meganola minuscula)

His parents hope it is just a phase

20200508

Elegant Grass-Veneer (Microcrambus elegans)

STILL mad

20210607

Drab Prominent (Misogada unicolor)

You can either be drab or prominent- not both

20210720

Pavlovskis Monopis (Monopis longella)

Pretty good bird crap mimic

20200713

The White Speck (Mythimna unipuncta)

That was also the nickname my ex-wife gave me

20200811

White-Dotted Prominent (Nadata gibbosa)

Looks like the Tallgeese

20200528

Red-Fringed Emerald (Nemoria bistriaria)

An intermediate color morph

20210429

Red-Bordered Emerald (Nemoria lixaria)

Discal spot fans rejoice

20200528

Bronzed Cutworm (Nephelodes minians)

Galvanized

20200916

Double-toothed Prominent (Nerice bidentata)

Spooky! Vampire-like!

20190603

Thin-Winged Owlet (Nigetia formosalis)

Bird poop triangle

20210609

Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)

Yup

20201027

Sorghum Webworm (Nola cereella)

Who the heck still eats sorghum

20200912

Three-Spotted Nola (Nola triquetrana)

I yawned three times

20200506

Lucerne Moth (Nomophila nearctica)

I guess he is a Swiss native

20200813

Doubledays Notocelia (Notocelia rosaecolana)

Thanks BugGuide

20200522

Black-Banded Brocade (Oligia modica)

Alliteration!

20200925

White-streaked Prominent (Oligocentria lignicolor)

There are worse colors to be streaked

20190827

Bruce Spanworm (Operophtera bruceata)

Exactly what it says on his drivers license

20201210

Rose Hooktip (Oreta rosea)

Finally a real hooktip

20230620

White-Marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia leucostigma)

Yep

20210902

Disparaged Arches (Orthodes detracta)

Dont let them get you down buddy

20210615

The Gem (Orthonama obstipata)

So tiny!

20191028

Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth (Orthosia hibisci)

It is exactly two of those things

20210412

Ruby Quaker (Orthosia rubescens)

New for LEMSA- a nice looking quaker

20210324

European Corn Borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)

Eurotrash

20200928

No Common Name (Pachypolia atricornis)

Pending ID but I suspect this is that uncommon moth

20231107

Large Paectes (Paectes abrostoloides)

Big pecs

20210823

Spring Cankerworm Moth (Paleacrita vernata)

The first of 2021

20210304

Splendid Palpita (Palpita magniferalis)

Fabulous

20200604

Dark-Spotted Palthis (Palthis angulalis)

Or tiny secret government next gen stealth jet

20200518

Faint-Spotted Palthis Moth (Palthis asopialis)

Found by WILLIAM at 56-5 because he was bored from no internet

20200810

Brown Panopoda (Panopoda carneicosta)

Looks like it is crying

20220831

Red-lined Panopoda (Panopoda rufimarg)

This thing has the color scheme of a salsa jar

20190827

Ash Tip Borer (Papaipema Furcata)

Shiny!

20190924

Maple Looper (Parallelia bistriaris)

Looking pretty worn out

20190828

Bluegrass Webworm (Parapediasia teterrellus)

He bows before thee

20200607

Smaller Parasa (Parasa Chloris)

Smaller than the Regular-Sized Parasa

20220601

Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)

Rectangulata is a cool word

20210526

Juniper Twig Geometer (Patalene olyzonaria)

OH LOOK A HOOKTI-- oh just another juniper twig geometer

20200612

Sod Webworm (Pediasia trisecta)

Just a yellow TUBE

20200607

Angulose Prominent (Peridea angulosa)

More angles than a tetrahedron

20200614

Pearly Underwing (Peridroma saucia)

Typical hard-to-identify dart

20191025

Oak Beauty (Phaeoura quernaria)

New for lemsa and a beauty indeed

20210521

Dark-banded Owlet (Phalaenophana pyramusalis)

Mulch muncher

20190719

Black-Banded Owlet (Phalaenostola larentioides)

Meghan found this one!

20200904

Toothed Phigalia (Phigalia denticulata)

First moth of the year and it is only February!

20200205

Small Phigalia (Phigalia strigataria)

Had these in February last year

20210311

Frothy Moth (Plagiomimicus spumosum)

Now that is a stupid name

20220711

Hollow-spotted Plagodis (Plagodis alcoolaria)

Hollow but mostly on the inside

20200729

Tufted Apple Bud Moth (Platynota idaeusalis)

Lots of positive descriptive terms for an agricultural pest

20210503

Common Tan Wave (Pleuroprucha insulsaria)

The dam at the khaki lake burst AGAIN

20200717

Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella)

Snake cosplayer or baseball fan

20200504

Maple Webworm Moth (Pococera asperatella)

Maybe

20210614

Striped Oak Webworm (Pococera expandens)

Yeah whatever

20200817

Large Maple Spanworm (Prochoerodes lineola)

Pretty big I guess

20190820

Skiff Moth (Prolimacodes badia)

Part moth - part boat

20200723

Porcelain Gray (Protoboarmia porcelaria)

BORING

20200601

Chosen Sallow (Psaphida electilis)

New for LEMSA- Really rad sallow

20210408

Figure-eight Sallow (Psaphida resumens)

Eight is the least lonely number

20190410

Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia (Pseudeustrotia carneola)

Woah an actual pink one for once

20200714

Small Brown Quaker (Pseudorthodes vecors)

Size color religion - check check check

20200518

Speckled Black Pyla (Pyla fusca)

Small boring etc

20200623

Meal Moth (Pyralis farinalis)

Nice that an old chunk of coal like me can have a meal from time to time

20210810

Inornate Pyrausta (Pyrausta inornatalis)

Possibly a first PA record

20210909

Variable Reddish Pyrausta (Pyrausta rubricalis)

Had to phone photo this one

20200901

Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella)

100 percent good looking moth

20200821

The Brother (Raphia frater)

Sup bro

20220831

Sober Renia (Renia sobrialis)

Still on the wagon

20210527

Arcigera Flower Moth (Schinia arcigera)

Arci-what now

20200728

Lynx Flower Moth (Schinia lynx)

A good schinia

20200805

Chestnut Schizura (Schizura badia)

A good looking schizura

20210720

Morning-Glory Prominent (Schizura ipomaeae)

I would have called it the Oreo moth

20200812

Black-Blotched Schizura (Schizura leptinoides)

A Buck station find

20200812

Unicorn Prominent (Schizura unicornis)

That green iridescent sheen is nice

20190729

Locust Leafroller (Sciota subcaesiella)

So tiny

20190805

Double-Striped Scoparia (Scoparia biplagialis)

Wow it is BORING

20200607

Large Lace Border (Scopula limboundata)

Well half of one anyway

20200618

Henrys Marsh Moth (Simyra insularis)

I cannot use apostrophes, sorry

20190823

Carrot Seed Moth (Sitochroa palealis)

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT!

20190805

Canadian Sonia (Sonia canadana)

Number 150! It was boring! Sorry eh

20200909

Agreeable Tiger Moth (Spilosoma congrua)

The happiest moth

20210505

Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica)

Pretending to be dead as usual

20210429

Sweet Potato Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera dolichos)

As far as I can tell, this is the first ever sighting of this moth in PA! We are doing science here, people

20191024

Yellow-Striped Armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogalli)

Very common but very nice looking

20210902

Hawaiian Beet Webworm (Spoladea recurvalis)

How tropical

20200918

Bi-colored Sallow (Sunira bicolorago)

We get a lot of these in the fall

20201019

Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata)

Emeralds are the best

20200730

Smokey Tetanolita (Tetanolita mynesalis)

A real Marlboro Moth

20201021

Yellow Slant-line (Tetracis crocallata)

Descriptive name

20190725

Evergreen Bagworm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)

Yep we are counting a coccon

20200909

Large Tolype Moth (Tolype Velleda)

I MADE THEM BE FRIENDS

20190926

Early Button Slug Moth (Tortricidia testacea)

Cute as an early button

20200604

Celery Leaftier (Udea rubigalis)

Garden menace

20210701

Unknown Noctuid (Unknown)

Pending ID

20200608

Unknown Noctuid (Unknown)

Some sort of Quaker probably

20210820

Unknown Tortricid (Unknown)

Help me bugguide

20200612

Unknown (Unknown)

I still have to get this one identified

20190828

Unknown (Unknown)

No clue

20200504

Unknown (Unknown)

Not sure on this one yet

20210708

Unknown (Unknown)

Still working on this one

20200413

Snowy Urola (Urola nivalis)

Special snowflake

20200814

Brown-shaded Carpet (Venusia comptaria)

Small AND boring

20210406

Red Twin-spot (Xanthorhoe ferrugata)

A nice carpet moth

20190828

Toothed Brown Carpet (Xanthorhoe lacustrata)

Mouthy

20210517

Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)

Real fresh fella-- That blue is really rad

20200615

Greater Black-Letter Dart (Xestia dolosa)

Bigger than the Setaceous Hebrew Character in June... super blue too!

20200909

Early Fan-Foot (Zanclognatha cruralis)

I think so anyway

20200817

Grayish Zanclognatha (Zanclognatha pedipilalis)

Zanclognatha means Sicklejaw in Latin-- heck yes

20200609

Wood Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)

Super rad

20200602