
Cossoidea
- White-lined Sphinx Moth - (Hyles lineata) - 2 in Taylorsville, Utah & Bear River MBR
- Hera Buckmoth - (Hemileuca hera) - at LeBarron Point on Utah Lake
Gelechioidea
- Carpenterworm Moth - (Prionoxystus robiniae) - at the porch light in Taylorsville, Utah
Geometroidea (Geometrid Moths)
- Casebearer Moth - (Coleophoridae) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Leaf Litter Moth - (Oegoconia quadripuncta) - "Four-spotted Yellowneck" in Taylorsville, UT
- Poison Hemlock Moth - (Agonopterix alstroemeriana) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Twirler Moth - (Prolita jubata) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
Hepialoidea
Noctuoidea
- Ghost moth (Gazoryctra pulcher) - in Brighton, Utah above Silver Lake
Pterophoroidea
- Agrochola purpurea - owlet moth in Taylorsville, Utah
- Alfalfa Looper Moth (Autographa californica) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Army Cutworm Moth (Euxoa auxiliaris) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Bicolored Sallow - (Sunira bicolorago) - yellow moth with 2 black spots in Taylorsville, Utah
- Collared Arches Moth - (Lacinipolia strigicollis) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Common Idia (Idia aemula) - brown moth with two gold spots in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Darker-spotted Straw Moth (Heliothis phloxiphagus) - in Salt Lake City, Utah & Bear River MBR
- Dichagyris variabilis - owlet moth in Taylorsville, Utah
- Dingy Cutworm Moth (Feltia jaculifera) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Gnophaela vermiculata - "Police Car Moth" at Powder Mtn. & Brighton, Utah
- Hadenini Moth - (Hecatera dysodea) - European owlet moth in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Ipsilon Dart Moth - (Agrotis ipsilon) - cutworm moth on Antelope Island
- Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctica isabella) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Large Yellow Underwing - (Noctua pronuba) - on Antelope Island
- Lichen Moth - (Cisthene angelus) - at Tonaquint Nature Park, St. George, UT
- Lichen Moth - (Lycomorpha golei) - near St. George, Utah
- Litholomia napaea - "False Pinion Moth" on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
- Narrow-winged Midget (Therasea augustipennis) - on Antelope Island
- Oligia rampartensis - brown owlet moth with orange and light brown markings in Taylorsville
- Parasemia plantaginis - black and orange (yellow) tiger moth at Brighton, Utah
- Plagiomimicus - probable spumosum and manti species in Taylorsville, Utah
- Ranchman's Tiger Moth (Platyprepia virginalis) - at Garr Ranch on Antelope Island
- Schinia mortua - flower moth on curlycup gumweed on Antelope Island
- Schinia tertia - brown and white flower moth on Antelope Island
- Schinia unimacula - flower moth that feeds on Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
- Sordid Dart - (Euxoa adumbrata) - cutworm moth on Antelope Island
- "The Sweetheart " - (Catocala amatrix) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Tiger Moth - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Western Yellowstriped Armyworm Moth - (Spodoptera praefica) - yellow & brown moth in Taylorsville, Utah
- Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) - at Bear River MBR
Pyraloidea
- Plume Moth - (Emmelina monodactyla) - "Morning Glory Plume Moth" on Antelope Island
Crambidae (Snout Moths)
- American Plum Borer Moth - brown and gray moth with black horizontal stripe in Taylorsville, Utah
- Celery Leaftier - (Udea rubigalis) - garden pest in the grasses on Antelope Island
- Clover Hayworm Moth (Hypsopygia costalis) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Dolichomia olinalis - "Yellow-fringed Colichomia Moth" - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Large Tabby Moth (Aglossa pinguinalis ) - in Taylorsville, UT
- Meal Moth (Pyralis arinalis) - in Taylorsville, UT
- Webbing Coneworm Moth (Dioryctria disclusa) - in Taylorsville, Utah
Tineoidea
- Luna Moth (silkmoth) - photo taken in North Carolina
Tortricidea
- Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus in Taylorsville, UT
Yponomeutoidea
- Aethes seriatana - tiny moth with reddish stripes in Taylorsville, UT
- Eucosma galenapunctana - small but destructive golden moth in Utah
- Grapholitini - two different species - Dicrorampha & Grapholita_interstinctana (Clover Head Caterpillar Moth)
- Codling Moth - (Cydia pomonella) - apple moth in Utah
- Pelochrista corosana - 3 photos - found in Taylorsville, Utah on 2 different occasions
- Suleima baracana - at Bear River MBR
- Tortricid Moth - (Cochylini) - in Taylorsville, Utah
Unidentified Moths - any help in identification would be appreciated [ birdbrain@amazingnature.us ]
- Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella) - in Taylorsville, Utah
Caterpillars
- Moth I (finally identified)
- Moth II - medium-sized brown moth
- Moths III - medium-sized gray moth
- Moths IV - two separate small moths, one cream, one brown
- Armyworm Caterpillar - (Spodoptera) - drab brown caterpillar with yellow stripe on antelope Island
- Geometrid Moth caterpillar - black caterpillar with orange and white on Antelope Island
- Five-spotted Hawk Moth caterpillar (Tomato hornworm) - (Inductance quinquemaculata) - in Taylorsville, Utah
- Spotted Tussock Moth caterpillar (Lophocampa maculata) - at Brighton, Utah
- Unidentified Yellow and Brown Caterpillars on Sunflower - 3 different sizes on Antelope Island
- White-lined Sphinx Moth Caterpillar - two from Utah, one from Nevada
- Woolly Bear - Pyrrharctia isabella moth - at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve
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I want to thank Bugguide.net for help in moth identification, along with The Moth Photographers Group.
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