Economically Important and Common Moths
Achemon sphinx
Fall webworm
Saltmarsh caterpillar
Ailanthus webworm
Filbertworm
Smeared dagger moth
Alfalfa looper
Flax bollworm
Southwestern pine tip moth
Alfalfa webworm
Forage looper
Speckled green fruitworm
American dagger moth
Forest tent caterpillar
Spotted tussock moth
Angoumois grain moth
Four-horned caterpillar
Spring cankerworm
Army cutworm
Fruit tree leafroller
Spruce budworm
Armyworm
Garden webworm
Spruce needleminer
Artichoke plume moth
Glassy cutworm
Spurge hawkmoth
Ash borer
Grape leafroller
Squash vine borer
Banded sunflower moth
Grape plume moth
Stalk borer
Beet webworm
Great ash sphinx
Striped cutworm
Beet armyworm
Greater wax moth
Sunflower bud moth
Bertha armyworm
Green cloverworm
Sunflower moth
Bidens borer
Greenhouse leaftier
Sweetclover root borer
Blackberry skeletonizer
Hog sphinx
Three-lined leafroller
Black army-cutworm
Hop looper
Tobacco budworm
Black cutworm
Indian meal moth
Black witch
Io moth
Tomato fruitworm
Bollworm
Jack pine budworm
Tomato hornworm
Boxelder leaf miner
Lappet moth
Tufted apple bud moth
Boxelder twig borer
Large aspen tortrix
Ugly-nest caterpillar
Bristly cutworm
Leaf crumpler
Unicorn caterpillar
Bronzed cutworm
Lesser peach tree borer
Vagabond sod webworm
Cabbage looper
Lilac borer
Variable oakleaf caterpillar
Carpenterworm
Linden looper
Variegated cutworm
Carpet moth
Lined stalk borer
Verbena bud moth
Case-making cloths moth
Locust tree borer
Virginia creeper sphinx
Cecropia moth
Locust twig borer
Walnut caterpillar
Celery leaftier
Luna moth
Walnut sphinx
Celery looper
Meal moth
Webbing clothes moth
Chain-spotted geometer
Mediterranean flour moth
Webbing cone worm
Chickweed geometer
Mourning glory leafminer
W[ell]-marked cutworm
Clover cutworm
Nantucket pine tip moth
Western bean cutworm
Clover hayworm
Oak leafroller
Western pine tip moth
Clover head caterpillar
Oak leaftier
Western spruce budworm
Clover looper
Oblique-banded leafroller
Rocky Mt. W-marked cutworm
Codling moth
Orange-humped mapleworm
Western tent caterpillar
Columbine borer
Orange mint moth
Wheat head armyworm
Corn earworm
Pale tussock moth
White cutworm
Cotton leafworm
Pale western cutworm
White-lined sphinx
Cottonwood dagger moth
Palmerworm
White-marked tussock moth
Cottonwood twig borer
Pandora moth
Woollybear
Cranberry girdler
Pecan leaf casebearer
Yellow-necked caterpillar
Currant borer
Pepper-and-salt moth
Yellow-striped armyworm
Currant spanworm
Pine needle sheathminer
Yellow woollybear
Dark-sided cutworm
Polyphemus moth
Zebra caterpillar
Diamondback moth
Poplar tentmaker
Zimmerman pine moth
Eastern tent caterpillar
Ragweed borer
Eight-spotted forester moth
Red-backed cutworm
Elm spanworm
Red-banded leafroller
Elm sphinx
Red-humped caterpillar
European corn borer
Rice stalk borer
Fall cankerworm
Saddled prominent
Last updated: 01/23/07 Gerald M. Fauske Research Specialist NDSU 202 Hultz Hall Fargo, ND 58105 E-Mail: Gerald.Fauske@ndsu.nodak.edu
Published by the Department of Entomology
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