The winter moth is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant species in Europe and the Near East and a famous study organism for evaluating insect population dynamics. It is one of very few lepidopterans of temperate regions in which adults are active in late autumn and early winter. The adults use endothermy for movement in these cold temperatures. The females of this species are virtually wingless and cannot fly, but the males are fully winged and fly strongly. After the initial frosts of late fall, the females emerge from their pupae, walk to and up trees and emit pheromones in the evening to attract males. After fertilization, they ascend to lay, on average, around 100 eggs each. Typically, the larger the female moth is, the more eggs she lays.
Citheronia regalis, the regal moth or royal walnut moth, is a North American moth in the family Saturniidae. The caterpillars are called hickory horned devils. The adult (imago) has a wingspan of 3.75–6.1 in (9.5–15.5 cm). The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.
Erynnis brizo, the sleepy duskywing or banded oak duskywing, is a species of Hesperiidae butterfly that occurs throughout North America and is commonly confused with E. juvenalis and E. lucilius. The species is listed as threatened in Connecticut and Maine.
Eumacaria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Packard in 1873. Its only species, Eumacaria madopata, the brown-bordered geometer moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, northern Washington, southern Saskatchewan, from Maine to Florida, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and New Mexico. The habitat consists of orchards and shrublands. The species is listed as threatened in Connecticut.
Glena is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Argyrostrotis anilis, the short-lined chocolate, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from Quebec and Ontario, down through the eastern United States to Florida and Texas. It is listed as a species of special concern in the state of Connecticut.
Acronicta fragilis, the fragile dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to Florida, west across Canada, south to Kentucky and Minnesota. It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of Connecticut.
Catocala badia, the bay underwing, bayberry underwing or old maid, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern Maine and New Hampshire south to New York and Connecticut.
Catocala pretiosa, the precious underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Joseph Albert Lintner in 1876. It was included in Catocala crataegi by many authors, but recently it has been revalidated as a distinct species. The subspecies of pretiosa is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut.
Schinia gracilenta, the slender flower moth or iva flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is found from the US states of New York to Florida and Nebraska to Arizona. The species is listed as endangered in Connecticut.
Acronicta falcula, the corylus dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1877. It is found in the United States and Canada from southern New England to southern Manitoba and Iowa. Recently seen from Wisconsin, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and Michigan. It is reported as rare in Ohio. It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of Connecticut.
Euphyes dion, the Dion skipper or Alabama skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in scattered populations along the Atlantic coast of North America, from western Massachusetts and south-eastern New York south to north-eastern Florida, west to north-eastern Texas, and north to south-eastern North Dakota, northern Wisconsin, southern Ontario and southern Quebec. It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of Connecticut.
Callophrys polios, the hoary elfin, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It has a very local distribution in the United States from Maine south to New Jersey and in the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia, west across the Great Lakes states and the southern prairie provinces and north to Alaska. Along the Pacific Coast it is found to northern California and in the Rocky Mountains south to northern New Mexico. It is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut.
Euchlaena madusaria, the scrub euchlaena moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, east to Nova Scotia, south to Florida, Missouri and Oregon. The habitat consists of dry woodlands. The species is listed as threatened in Connecticut.
Drasteria occulta, the occult drasteria moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coastal areas in Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas. It is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut.
Apodrepanulatrix liberaria, the New Jersey tea inchworm, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found from extreme southern Quebec and southern Ontario southward into northern Florida and Mississippi. It is listed as endangered by state authorities in the US states of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Papaipema leucostigma, the columbine borer, is a species of moth described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841 and found in eastern North America. It is listed as endangered in the US state of Connecticut. The larvae feed on Aquilegia, common referred to as columbine.
Papaipema marginidens, the brick-red borer moth, is a species of moth found in North America. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in eastern North America, from Pennsylvania and New York south to Georgia and North Carolina. It is now listed as endangered in the US state of Connecticut. The habitat consists of a mixture of open oak woodlands and barrens in rocky areas with herbaceous undergrowth- especially along streams.
Sympistis dentata, the toothed apharetra moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. It is found from Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and British Columbia to Newfoundland and the northern United States, south in the east to New Jersey. It is listed as threatened in the US state of Connecticut.
Chaetaglaea cerata, the waxed sallow, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae described by John G. Franclemont in 1943. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
