SOME MOTHS FROM NICARAGUA

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. Only a few of the many species from Nicaragua are catalogued and illustrated here to date.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION - only underlined links work

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FAMILY: PSYCHIDAE
FAMILY: COSSIDAE
FAMILY: MEGALOPYGIDAE
FAMILY: LIMACODIDAE
FAMILY: DALCERIDAE
FAMILY: PYRALIDAE
  • Subfamily:Pyraustinae
    FAMILY: SPHINGIDAE
  • Subfamily:Sphinginae
  • Subfamily:Macroglossinae
    FAMILY: SATURNIIDAE
  • Subfamily: Arsenurinae
  • Subfamily: Ceratocampinae
  • Subfamily: Hemileucinae
  • Subfamily: Saturniinae
    FAMILY: LASIOCAMPIDAE
    FAMILY: OXYTENIDAE
    FAMILY: APATELODIDAE
    FAMILY: MIMALLONIDAE
    FAMILY: GEOMETRIDAE
  • Subfamily: Ennominae
  • Subfamily: Geometrinae
  • Subfamily: Sterrhinae
  • Subfamily: Larentiinae
    FAMILY: HEDYLIDAE
  • FAMILY: ARCTIIDAE
  • Subfamily: Arctiinae
  • Subfamily: Ctenuchinae
  • Subfamily: Pericopinae
  • Subfamily: Lithosiinae
    FAMILY: LYMANTRIIDAE
    FAMILY: DIOPTIDAE
    FAMILY: DOIDAE
    FAMILY:NOCTUIDAE
  • Subfamily: Heliothinae
  • Subfamily: Noctuinae
  • Subfamily: Hadeninae
  • Subfamily: Agaristinae
  • Subfamily: Amphipyrinae
  • Subfamily: Acontiinae
  • Subfamily: Euteliinae
  • Subfamily: Sarrothripinae
  • Subfamily: Plusiinae
  • Subfamily: Stictopterinae
  • Subfamily: Catocalinae
  • Subfamily: Ophiderinae
  • Subfamily: Hypeninae
  • Subfamily: Herminiinae
    FAMILY: NOTODONTIDAE

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