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National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27


Family Erebidae

 
 
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Comparison of southwestern US Pseudohemihyalea
cite:1760804

by B. C. Schmidt

Images and descriptions are provided in this unpublished work to distinguish between P. edwardsii, P. splendens, and P. labecula based on visible features of the thorax and wings.

Synopsis of Apantesis (Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Schmidt, B.C. 2009. Synopsis of Apantesis (Erebidae: Arctiinae). Working Paper September 2009. Online: DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3714.7924
or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294579801_Synopsis_of_Apantesis_Erebidae_Arctiinae

BugGuide bbcode shortcut: [cite:2490333]
Note. This applies only to the genus Apantesis in the old sense: Apantesis carlotta / nais / phalerata / vittata

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala
Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala cite:1492899

Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Full citation: Lafontaine, J. Donald and B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 (download PDF)

Moths of North Carolina
Valuable resource--there are many links to individual pages, but I don't think there has been a link for the whole site.
Citation: Hall, S.P.; Sullivan, J.B.; Petranka, J.W.; Feldman, T.; George, D.; Niznik, J.; Backstrom, P.; and Howard, T. 2025. The Moths of North Carolina [Internet]. Raleigh (NC): North Carolina Biodiversity Project and North Carolina State Parks. Available from https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/moths/index.php.
BugGuide citation format: cite:2489684

Essex County, Ontario Moths
Monitoring the moths of Essex County, Ontario, Canada. Occurrence and flight season data as well as family-level checklists for the region.

Block Island Moths
Quantitative assessments of phenology, abundance, and habitat associations of all moth and caddisfly species on Block Island, Rhode Island.

Order LEPIDOPTERA (Moths & Butterflies): Key and Description of Families
cite:1760098

 
 
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