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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsecta

Order Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 · Butterflies and Moths

Species in this portal
15
Ecological class
9 trogloxenes, 5 accidentals and 1 troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
11 states and provinces
Counties
29
Karst regions
Hawaii

Families

  • Alucitidae 1 in portal
  • Erebidae 6 in portal
  • Geometridae 1 in portal
  • Gracillariidae 1 in portal
  • Noctuidae 2 in portal
  • Nymphalidae 2 in portal
  • Pyralidae 1 in portal
  • Tineidae 1 in portal

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859 Accidental
Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, 1818 Velvetbean Caterpillar Trogloxene G5 AL
Basacallis tarachodes Dyar, 1914 Accidental GNR FL
Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854 Bent-Winged Owlet Trogloxene G5 AL
Caloptilia alnivorella (Chambers, 1875) Alder Leafminer Accidental GNR
Cyllopsis gemma (Hübner, 1809) Gemmed Satyr Accidental G5 TN
Feralia jocosa Guenée, 1852 Jocose Sallow Trogloxene G5
Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798) Green Cloverworm Trogloxene G5 IL, IN, VA
Lascoria ambigualis Walker, 1866 Ambiguous Moth Trogloxene G5 AL
Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859) Bird Nest Moth Trogloxene GNR AL, TN
Polygonia comma (Harris, 1852) Eastern Comma Accidental G5 KY
Schrankia howarthi Davis & Medeiros, 2009 Troglobiont HI Hawaii
Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Herald Moth Trogloxene G5 AL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, OK, TN
Syngrapha alias (Ottolengui, 1902) Spruce Climbing Cutworm Trogloxene G5
Triphosa haesitata (Guenée, [1858]) Tissue Moth Trogloxene G5

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
B6L67
GBIF
797
ITIS
117232
iNaturalist
47157
NCBI Taxonomy
7088

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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