Common Moths In Southern California

Entries are listed below in alphabetical order.

Common moths in southern california. If everyone who uses this resource gives a small amount we could cover our ongoing costs develop new features and upgrade the system. Moths of orange county california. The west heath fred 2004 an introduction to southern california butterflies. Moths are flying insects in the order of lepidoptera which is also the same order to which butterflies belong.

There are a total of 171 california butterflies and moths found in the insect identification database. The listing below is a general indicator of insects bugs and spiders that may be found in a given state. Southern purple mint moth pyrausta laticlavia. Flower moth schinia sp.

We need your help. The west heath fred 2004 an introduction to southern california butterflies. These lists are probably not comprehensive if such a thing is possible for such a diverse group of organisms but given kellys dedication and the degree of sampling in the state its probably pretty. Photographed and compiled by peter j.

Common flower moth schinia pulchripennis. Moth insects found in the state of california. Moths by common name common sheep moth hemileuca eglanterina edwards glassywing. Compiled from kelly richers california moth specimen database.

Therefore consider the list below as a general indicator of the insects bugs and spiders that may be found in a given state or province. Entries are listed below in alphabetical order a to z. There are a total of 604 california insects 604 found in the insect identification database. 1973 the butterflies of southern california glassberg jeffrey 2001 butterflies through binoculars.

The wingspan of male gypsy moths ranges from 3 4 cm and for females it is 56 to 67 cm. Moths common sheep moth hemileuca eglanterina edwards glassywing hemihyalea edwardsii omnivorous looper sabulodes. Kelly has been compiling the database since 1996 from literature sources museum collections and i believe novel collections. You can always go back to the insects by state listing.

We depend on donations to keep butterflies and moths of north america online and freely available. 1973 the butterflies of southern california glassberg jeffrey 2001 butterflies through binoculars.