Butterflies and Moths - rare Community BioBlitz 2017

A guide for on-the-go identification of butterflies and moths at rare's 2017 Community BioBlitz

Water Veneer
Acentria ephemerella
Distinct Quaker 1
Achatia distincta
Lesser Maple Leafroller 2
Acleris chalybeana
Aster Tentiform Blotchminer
Acrocercops astericola
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 4
Aglais milberti
Brindled Flat-body 5
Agonopterix arenella
Goldenrod Leaffolder Moth 6
Agonopterix pulvipennella
Vagabond Crambus Moth 7
Agriphila vulgivagella
Ipsilon Dart 8
Agrotis ipsilon
Venerable Dart 9
Agrotis venerabilis
Unspotted Looper Moth 10
Allagrapha aerea
Fall Cankerworm Moth 11
Alsophila pometaria
Eight-spotted Forester 12
Alypia octomaculata
American Ear Moth 13
Amphipoea americana
Interoceanic Ear Moth
Amphipoea interoceanica
Copper Underwing 13
Amphipyra pyramidoides
White-spotted Sable 14
Anania funebris
Dotted Sallow Moth
Anathix ralla
Delaware Skipper 15
Anatrytone logan
Red-headed Ancylis Moth 16
Ancylis muricana
Glassy Cutworm Moth
Apamea devastator
Harnessed Tiger Moth 17
Apantesis phalerata
Gray-banded Leafroller Moth 9
Argyrotaenia mariana
Asterocampa clyton 18
Asterocampa clyton
Sachem 15
Atalopedes campestris
Common Looper Moth 19
Autographa precationis
Oak Besma Moth 17
Besma quercivoraria
Peppered Moth 20
Biston betularia
Acorn Moth 21
Blastobasis glandulella
Meadow Fritillary 15
Boloria bellona
Oak Skeletonizer Moth 3
Bucculatrix ainsliella
Apple Skeletonizer Moth 23
Bucculatrix pomifoliella
Clover Looper Moth 2
Caenurgina crassiuscula
Callophrys niphon 24
Callophrys niphon
Sugar Maple Blotchminer
Cameraria saccharella
Pale Beauty 13
Campaea perlata
Yellow-banded Underwing Moth 6
Catocala cerogama
Woody Underwing
Catocala grynea
Summer Azure 25
Celastrina neglecta
Spring Azure 26
Celastrina ladon
Reddish Speckled Dart 9
Cerastis tenebrifera
Elm Sphinx 27
Ceratomia amyntor
Common Wood-Nymph 28
Cercyonis pegala
Silvery Checkerspot 29
Chlosyne nycteis
Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth 30
Choristoneura rosaceana
Soybean Looper Moth 31
Chrysodeixis includens
Orache Leafminer Moth 6
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Yellow-collared Scape Moth 32
Cisseps fulvicollis
Hoffman's Cochylid Moth
Cochylis hoffmanana
Common Ringlet 33
Coenonympha tullia
Clouded Sulphur 34
Colias philodice
Orange Sulphur 34
Colias eurytheme
White Oak Leafminer Moth
Coptotriche badiiella
Barberry Geometer Moth 35
Coryphista meadii
Bent-line Carpet 13
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
Goldenrod Leaf Miner 37
Cremastobombycia solidaginis
Norman's Quaker 2
Crocigrapha normani
Virginia Ctenucha Moth 38
Ctenucha virginica
Asteroid Moth 39
Cucullia asteroides
Brown-hooded Owlet 40
Cucullia convexipennis
Eastern Tailed-Blue 41
Cupido comyntas
Monarch 42
Danaus plexippus
Yellow-based Tussock Moth 43
Dasychira basiflava
Lettered Sphinx 44
Deidamia inscriptum
Purple Carrot-seed Moth 37
Depressaria depressana
Palmerworm Moth 32
Dichomeris ligulella
Arched Hooktip 48
Drepana arcuata
Small Phoenix 5
Ecliptopera silaceata
Virgin Pigmy
Ectoedemia argyropeza
Waterlily Borer Moth 7
Elophila gyralis
Pondside Pyralid Moth 48
Elophila icciusalis
Black Duckweed Moth
Elophila tinealis
Verbena Bud Moth 1
Endothenia hebesana
Maple Spanworm 13
Ennomos magnaria
Enodia anthedon 49
Lethe anthedon
Silver-spotted Skipper 50
Epargyreus clarus
Dreamy Duskywing 52
Erynnis icelus
Juvenal's Duskywing 53
Erynnis juvenalis
Wild Indigo Duskywing 7
Erynnis baptisiae
Milkweed Tussock Moth 30
Euchaetes egle
Saw-wing 23
Euchlaena serrata
Baltimore Checkerspot 54
Euphydryas phaeton
Black Dash 49
Euphyes conspicua
Dion Skipper 26
Euphyes dion

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