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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
