The red underwing is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.
The large yellow underwing is a moth, the type species for the family Noctuidae. It is an abundant species throughout the Palearctic realm, one of the most common and most familiar moths of the region. In some years the species is highly migratory with large numbers appearing suddenly in marginal parts of the range.
The nutmeg, also known as the clover cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Apamea sordens, the rustic shoulder-knot or bordered apamea, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is distributed throughout Europe, east across the Palearctic to Central Asia and to China and Japan. It also occurs in North America.
Polyptychus affinis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known at elevations up to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.
Phragmatobia fuliginosa, the ruby tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Leptarctia is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Stretch in 1872. Its only species, Leptarctia californiae, was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in western North America, from New Mexico and Colorado to California and north to British Columbia. The habitat consists of open forests, meadows and clearings in the mountains.
Phragmatobia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Stephens in 1828. Many tiger-moth species of small and medium size were described within this genus. However, only a few are related to the type species.
Clepsis melaleucana, the black-patched clepsis, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in North America from Alberta to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Missouri.
Hippotion stigma is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from arid regions of eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Polia nebulosa, the grey arches, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found in temperate Europe and Asia up to eastern Asia and Japan. It is not present in northernmost Fennoscandia and the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. In the Alps it is found at heights up to 1,600 meters.
Planotortrix excessana, the greenheaded leafroller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is native to New Zealand and is an introduced species in Hawaii. It is extremely variable in appearance and feeds on many native and introduced species. It is regarded as a pest of some agricultural and forestry crops.
Furcula cinerea, the gray furcula moth, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in the United States, southern Canada and the Northwest Territories.
Ganisa postica is a moth of the family Eupterotidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
Orgyia postica, the cocoa tussock moth or hevea tussock moth, is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae of family Erebidae found from the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Java, New Guinea and Taiwan. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.
Spilosoma dubia, the dubious tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from south-eastern Canada west to Alberta and in the eastern United States. The habitat consists of aspen parkland and southern boreal forests.
Oreta suffusa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.
Negera confusa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Gambia.
Megalopyge defoliata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Mexico.
Euthrix laeta is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.
