MOTHS OF BELIZE

SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY

Click on the family (or subfamily) below which interests you to go to lists of identified or partially-identified species captured to date in that family or subfamily. Individual species names may then be clicked upon to take you to a colour illustration of the adult (and sometimes its genitalia) and brief information on each species. 870 species are catalogued and illustrated here to date.

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FAMILY: PSYCHIDAE (2 species)
FAMILY: COSSIDAE (3 species)
FAMILY: MEGALOPYGIDAE (7 species)
FAMILY: LIMACODIDAE (19 species)
FAMILY: DALCERIDAE (1 species)
FAMILY: PYRALIDAE
  • Subfamily:Pyralinae (4 spp.)**NEW**
  • Subfamily:Pyraustinae (148 spp)**70 NEW**
    FAMILY: SPHINGIDAE
  • Subfamily:Sphinginae (26 spp.)
  • Subfamily:Macroglossinae(75 spp.)
    FAMILY: SATURNIIDAE
  • Subfamily:Arsenurinae (7 species)
  • Subfamily:Ceratocampinae (18 sp.)
  • Subfamily:Hemileucinae (22 spp.)
  • Subfamily:Saturniinae (7 species)
    FAMILY: LASIOCAMPIDAE (7 species)
    FAMILY: OXYTENIDAE (1 species)
    FAMILY: APATELODIDAE (9 species)
    FAMILY: MIMALLONIDAE (7 species)
    FAMILY: GEOMETRIDAE
  • Subfamily:Ennominae (68 species)
  • Subfamily:Geometrinae (32 species)
  • Subfamily:Sterrhinae (19 species)
  • Subfamily:Larentiinae (14 species)
    FAMILY: HEDYLIDAE (3 species)
  • FAMILY: URANIIDAE (2 species)
    FAMILY: SEMATURIDAE (1 species)
    FAMILY: ARCTIIDAE
  • Subfamily:Arctiinae (110 species)
  • Subfamily:Ctenuchinae (78 species)
  • Subfamily:Pericopinae (10 species)
  • Subfamily:Lithosiinae (17 species)
    FAMILY: LYMANTRIIDAE (5 species)
    FAMILY: DIOPTIDAE (2 species)
    FAMILY: DOIDAE (1 species)
    FAMILY: NOCTUIDAE
  • Subfamily: Acontiinae (5 species)
  • Subfamily: Agaristinae (1 species)
  • Subfamily: Amphipyrinae (29 species)
  • Subfamily: Catocalinae (14 species)
  • Subfamily: Euteliinae (1 species)
  • Subfamily: Hadeninae (5 species)
  • Subfamily: Heliothinae (1 species)
  • Subfamily: Herminiinae (2 species)
  • Subfamily: Hypeninae (1 species)
  • Subfamily: Noctuinae (1 species)
  • Subfamily: Ophiderinae (77 species)
  • Subfamily: Plusiinae (4 species)
  • Subfamily: Sarrothripinae (1 species)
  • Subfamily: Stictopterinae (1 species)
    FAMILY: NOTODONTIDAE (70 species)

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