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Butterfly Checklist

BUTTERFLY AND SKIPPER CHECKLIST

Butterflies, skipper and moths are in the Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, and Order Lepidoptera. .

Superfamily Tineoidea

                Family Psychidae

  • Bagworm Moth, Cryptothelea gloverii (Covell, Pl. 62, fig. 24, adult;  Milne and Milne, Fig. 10, bag)

  • Evergreen Bagworm Moth, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Covell, Pl. 2, fig. 3, bag, Pl. 62, Fig. 23, adult; Borror and White, p. 247, bag; Mitchell and Zim, p. 144, bags, adult)

 

 Superfamily Gelechioidea

                Family Gelechiidae

  • Goldenrod Gall Moth, Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis (Covell, Pl. 62, Fig. 11, adult; Mitchell and Zim, p. 152, larva, adult)

 

Superfamily Yponomeutoidea

              Family Yponomeutidae

  • Ailanthus Webworm (=Ermine) Moth, Atteva punctella (Covell, Pl. 61, Fig. 13, adult, Pl. 62, Fig. 5, adult; Milne and Milne, Fig. 552; Borror and White, Pl. 12, adult; Arnett and Jacques, Fig. 198)

 Superfamily Zygaenoidea

                 Family Megalopygidae

  • Southern Flannel (=Puss) Moth, Megalopyge opercularis (Mitchell and Zim, p. 146, cocoon, larva, adult)

                  Family Limacodidae

  • addleback Caterpillar Moth, Sibine stimulea (Covell, Pl. 11, Fig. 8, larva, Pl. 56, Fig. 8, adult; Milne and Milne, Fig. 30, larva; Borror and White, p. 245, larva; Mitchell and Zim, p. 145, larva, adult)