Noctuidae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Family: Noctuidae
Group: Terrestrial Invertebrate, Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Actebia balanitis | ||
Actebia fennica | Black Army Cutworm | |
Alypia langtoni | Skagway | |
Amphipoea americana | American Ear Moth | Reported from Revillagigedo Island and Sitka (where it to be a reasonably common visitor to UV light). The orange color and pattern seems pretty distinctive and is not likely to be confused with other species expected from the region. |
Anaplectoides prasina | Haines;Revillagigedo Island | |
Anaplectoides pressus | Haines; Ketchikan | |
Apamea alia | Haines | |
Apamea amputatrix | Ketchikan | |
Apamea cogitata | Thoughtful Apamea | |
Apamea contradicta | ||
Apamea devastator | ||
Apamea indocilis | Ketchikan | |
Apamea inficita | Skagway | |
Apamea remissa | Haines | |
Apamea sordens | Haines;Sitka | |
Apamea vultuosa | Haines;Sitka;Ketchikan | |
Autographa ampla | Haines | |
Autographa corusca | Caramel Looper | |
Autographa metallica | ||
Autographa pseudogamma | Delicate Silver Y | |
Cerastis enigmatica | Enigmatic Dart | |
Cerastis salicarum | Willow Dart | |
Cucullia strigata | Ketchikan | |
Dargida procinctus | Olive Green Cutworm | |
Diarsia esurialis | Haines;Ketchikan | |
Eremobina claudens | Dark-winged Quaker | |
Euplexia benesimilis | American Angle Shades | |
Eurois astricta | ||
Eurois occulta | Great Brocade Moth | |
Euxoa campestris | ||
Euxoa divergens | ||
Euxoa infausta | Haines | |
Euxoa nomas | ||
Euxoa rufula | Haines | |
Fishia illocata | Wandering Brocade | |
Graphiphora augur | ||
Helotropha reniformis | Reniform Celaena Moth | |
Hyppa contrasta | Not currently confirmed from the region, this species has been found on the Kenai Peninsula and Haida Gwaii, and seems likely to occur in Southeast Alaska as well. | |
Lacanobia nevadae | Nevada Arches Moth | Reported from South Central AK and coastal BC. |
Lacinipolia olivacea | Haines | |
Lasionycta mutilata | Deer Mountain;Ketchikan | |
Leucania dia | Ketchikan | |
Lithomoia germana | ||
Melanchra pulverulenta | Ketchikan | |
Mniotype tenera | ||
Mythimna oxygala | Ketchikan | |
Mythimna yukonensis | Haines | |
Neoligia subjuncta | Haines | |
Noctua pronuba | Yellow-underwing Moth | Introduced species that has spread across North America. First reported in Alaska from Haines in 2005. Present in Sitka, and presumably elsewhere in the region, by Summer 2006. Despite highly variable coloration, this species is distinctive due to its size and shape, as well as the orange-yellow hind wings. Flies from July through September. |
Ochropleura implecta | Ketchikan | |
Orthosia hibisci | Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth | Sitka and Ketchikan |
Orthosia revicta | Ketchikan | |
Panthea virginarius | Ketchikan | |
Papestra cristifera | Apparently not yet confirmed in the region, it has been found north (in South Central) and south (coastal BC). | |
Phlogophora periculosa | Ketchikan | |
Plusia nichollae | Haines | |
Polia nimbosa | Haines | |
Polia purpurissata | Haines | |
Protolampra rufipectus | Ketchikan | |
Pseudohermonassa flavotincta | ||
Pseudorthodes irrorata | Haines | |
Pyrrhia exprimens | Purple-Lined Sallow | |
Sunira verberata | Battered Sallow Moth | |
Syngrapha alias | Haines;Ketchikan | |
Syngrapha borea | Presence in the region based on one report from Sitka with a photo id. Given overall distribution of this species which seems to be non-coastal, further confirmation is probably warranted. | |
Syngrapha celsa | ||
Syngrapha octoscripta | Ketchikan | |
Syngrapha orophila | Deer Mountain;Ketchikan | |
Syngrapha viridisigma | Ketchikan | |
Xestia bryanti | Juneau | |
Xestia c-nigrum | Setaceous Hebrew Character | |
Xestia finatimis | Haines | |
Xestia mixta | Whale Pass | |
Xestia oblata | Haines | |
Xestia perquiritata | Haines | |
Xestia smithii | Haines;Ketchikan | |
Xylena nupera | American Swordgrass Moth |