List of moths of Canada (Arctiidae)
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This article is a list of the moths of Family Arctiidae
which are found in Canada
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Canada.
Following the species name, there is an abbreviation which indicates in which of the Canadian provinces and/or territories the species can be found.
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
which are found in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Canada.
Following the species name, there is an abbreviation which indicates in which of the Canadian provinces and/or territories the species can be found.
- Eastern Canada
- On = OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
- Qb = QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
- NB = New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
- NS = Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
- PE = Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
- NF = NewfoundlandNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
- LB = LabradorNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
- On = Ontario
- Western Canada
- BC = British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
- AB = AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
- SK = SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
- MB = ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
- YU = YukonYukonYukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
- NT = Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
- NV = NunavutNunavutNunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
- BC = British Columbia
Subfamily Arctiinae
- Acerbia alpinaAcerbia alpinaAcerbia alpina is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia, high mountains of southern Siberia and northern Mongolia; also in Alaska and north-western Canada.The wingspan is 42-50 mm....
(Quensel, 1802) -YU, NT - Arctia brachyptera Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2000 -YU
- Apantesis nais (Drury, 1773) -ON, QB, NS
- Apantesis phalerataApantesis phalerataThe Harnessed Moth is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from Ontario, Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas, north to South Dakota.The wingspan is 30–42 mm...
(Harris, 1841) -ON, QB - Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) -BC, AB, SK, ON, QB, NB, NS, NF
- Arctia opulenta (Edwards, 1881) -BC, MB, YU, NT
- Estigmene acreaEstigmene acreaThe Salt Marsh Moth or Acrea Moth is a North American moth in the family Arctiidae.-Description:The head and thorax are white with the abdomen being yellow-orange with a row of black spots. The fore wing is white with a variable amount of black spots . The hind wing is yellow-orange in males and...
(Drury, 1773) -BC, AB, SK, MB, NT, ON, QB, NB, NS, PE, NF - Grammia anna (Grote, 1864) -ON
- Grammia argeGrammia argeThe Arge Moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to New Mexico, north to North Dakota and Ontario....
(Drury, 1773) -ON, QB - Grammia blakei (Grote, 1865) -AB, SK, MB, YU
- Grammia celia (Saunders, 1863) -BC, AB, SK, MB, YU, NT, ON, QB, NS
- Grammia complicata (Walker, 1865) -BC
- Grammia doris (Boisduval, 1869) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS
- Grammia elongata (Stretch, 1885) -BC, AB
- Grammia figurata (Drury, 1773) -ON, QB
- Grammia gibsoni (McDunnough, 1937) -AB, SK, MB
- Grammia nevadensis (Grote & Robinson, 1866) -BC
- Grammia obliterata (Stretch, 1885) -AB, SK, MB, NT
- Grammia ornata (Packard, 1864) -BC
- Grammia parthenice (Kirby, 1837) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS, NF
- Grammia philipiana Ferguson, 1985 -YU
- Grammia phyllira (Drury, 1773) -AB, SK, ON, QB
- Grammia quenseliGrammia quenseliThe Labrador Tiger Moth, Grammia quenseli, is a moth of the family Arctiidae. In Central Europe the species is found in the Central Alps at altitudes of . They are also present in Northern Scandinavia. It is widely distributed in Polar Eurasia, mountains of Siberia, Mongolia, North China, Japan The...
(Paykull, 1793) -BC, MB, YU, NT, QB, NF - Grammia superba (Stretch, 1873) -BC, AB, YU
- Grammia virgoGrammia virgoThe Virgin Tiger Moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from Newfoundland south to Florida west to Alberta.The wingspan is about 56 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1758) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS, PE, NF - Grammia virguncula (Kirby, 1837) -AB, SK, MB, YU, ON, QB, NB, NS, NF
- Grammia williamsii (Dodge, 1871) -BC, AB, SK, MB, NT, ON, QB, NB
- Holoarctia sordida (McDunnough, 1921) -BC, AB
- Holomelina aurantiaca (Hübner, [1831]) -SK, MB, NT, ON, QB, NB, NS
- Holomelina ferruginosa (Walker, 1854) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS
- Holomelina fragilis (Strecker, 1878) -BC
- Holomelina immaculata (Reakirt, 1864) -MB, ON, QB
- Holomelina laeta (Guérin-Méneville, [1832]) -SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS
- Holomelina lamae (Freeman, 1941) -AB, SK, MB, QB, NB, NS, PE
- Holomelina opella (Grote, 1863) -ON, QB
- Hypercompe permaculataHypercompe permaculataThe Many-Spotted Tiger Moth is a tiger moth of the Arctiidae family and one of more than 80 species of Hypercompe.H. permaculata is native to the Western United States and parts of Northern Mexico.-External links:...
(Packard, 1872) -BC, AB, SK - Hypercompe scribonia (Stoll, 1790) -ON
- Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS, PE, NF
- Leptarctia californiae (Walker, 1855) -BC
- Neoarctia beanii (Neumoegen, 1891) -BC, AB
- Neoarctia brucei (Edwards, 1888) -BC
- Pararctia lapponicaPararctia lapponicaPararctia lapponica is a moth of the Arctiinae family. It is found in northern Eurasia and the arctic part of North America.The wingspan is 37-45 mm.The larvae feed on Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum and Rubus chamaemorus.-Subspecies:...
(Thunberg, 1791) -YU, NT, NV, QB - Pararctia subnebulosa (Dyar, 1899) -YU
- Pararctia yarrowii (Stretch, 1873) -BC, AB, YU, NT
- Parasemia plantaginisParasemia plantaginisThe Wood Tiger is a moth of the family Arctiidae. Several subspecies are found in the Holarctic ecozone south to Anatolia, Transcaucasus, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. One subspecies is endemic to North America.The wingspan is 32–38 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1758) -BC, AB, SK, MB, YU, NT, ON, QB - Phragmatobia assimilans Walker, 1855 -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS
- Phragmatobia fuliginosaPhragmatobia fuliginosaThe Ruby Tiger is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe. There are a number of recognized subspecies, such as P. f. melitensis in Malta and P. f. borealis in Scotland.The wingspan is 35–45 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1758) -BC, AB, SK, MB, YU, NT, ON, QB, NB, NS, NF - Phragmatobia lineata Newman & Donahue, 1966 -AB, SK, ON
- Platarctia parthenos (Harris, 1850) -BC, AB, SK, MB, YU, NT, ON, QB, NB, NS, NF
- Platyprepia virginalis (Boisduval, 1852) -BC
- Pyrrharctia isabella (Smith, 1797) -BC, AB, SK, ON, QB, NB, NS, PE, NF
- Spilosoma congrua Walker, 1855 -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS
- Spilosoma danbyi (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893) -BC, AB, MB
- Spilosoma dubia (Walker, 1855) -AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS, PE
- Spilosoma latipennis Stretch, 1872 -ON, QB, NB
- Spilosoma pteridis Edwards, 1874 -BC, AB, SK
- Spilosoma vagans (Boisduval, 1852) -BC, AB
- Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius, 1798) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS, PE, NF
- Dodia albertaeDodia albertaeDodia albertae is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Canada, Siberia south to Mongolia, west to Polar Urals. See the subspecies section for more information.The wingspan is about...
Dyar, 1901 -AB, SK, MB, YU, NT, QB - Dodia kononenkoi Tshistjakov & Lafontaine, 1984 -YU
- Dodia verticalis Lafontaine & Troubridge, 2000 -YU
- Haploa clymeneHaploa clymeneThe Clymene Moth is a moth of the Tiger Moth family - Arctiidae, subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in the East of North America.-Description:...
(Brown, 1776) -ON, QB, NB - Haploa confusaHaploa confusaH. confusa is a species of Arctiidae that occurs in North America. The caterpillars feed on a Hound's tongue .-Description:Adult...
(Lyman, 1887) -SK, MB, ON, QB, NB - Haploa contigua (Walker, 1855) -ON, QB
- Haploa leconteiHaploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Manitoba through Arkansas.The wingspan is 36–50 mm....
(Guérin-Méneville, 1832) -AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS - Haploa reversaHaploa reversaThe Reversed Haploa is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in North America, from south-eastern Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New York, Oklahoma and Wisconsin....
(Stretch, 1885) -ON - Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus, 1758) -BC, QB, NB, NS
- Utetheisa bellaUtetheisa bellaThe Ornate Moth or Bella Moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the Eastern United States.The wingspan is 33-46 mm....
(Linnaeus, 1758) -ON, QB, NS - Cisseps fulvicollisCisseps fulvicollisThe Yellow-collared Scape Moth is a species of the Arctiidae family.- Distribution :This moth is active during late spring and summer in fields and forest edges throughout Canada south to Texas and Florida.- Life cycle :...
(Hübner, [1818]) -BC, AB, SK, MB, NT, ON, QB, NB, NS - Ctenucha virginicaCtenucha virginicaThe Virginia Ctenucha is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is endemic to eastern North America, but has expanded its range westward. It inhabits wet meadows and open spaces with bushes from North Carolina to Canada east of the Rocky Mountains.The wingspan ranges from . The wing color varies from...
(Charpentier, 1830) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NS, PE, NF - Gnophaela vermiculataGnophaela vermiculataThe Police-Car Moth or Green Lattice is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the western parts of the United States and south-western Canada, from British Columbia to California, east to New Mexico and north to Manitoba.The wingspan is about . Adults are on wing in late summer and fly...
(Grote, 1864) -BC, AB, SK, MB - Cycnia oregonensis (Stretch, 1873) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NS
- Cycnia teneraCycnia teneraCycnia tenera, the Dogbane tiger-moth or Delicate Cycnia is a moth in the family Arctiidae. It occurs throughout North America, from southern British Columbia to Nova Scotia southwards to Arizona and Florida...
Hübner, 1818 -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS - Euchaetes egleEuchaetes egleEuchaetes egle, the milkweed tussock caterpillar or milkweed tiger moth, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. It is a common mid to late-summer feeder on milkweeds and dogbane. Like most species in this family, it has chemical defenses it acquires from its host plants, in this case, cardiac glycosides...
(Drury, 1773) -ON, QB - Halysidota harrisiiHalysidota harrisiiThe Sycamore Tussock Moth is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in South-Eastern Canada, the Eastern parts of the United States and North-Eastern Mexico.The wingspan is about 50 mm...
Walsh, 1864 -ON - Halysidota tessellaris (Smith, 1797) -SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS, PE
- Lophocampa argentataLophocampa argentataThe Silverspotted Tiger Moth is a species of moth in the family Arctiidae. Larvae of this moth utilize numerous host plants in western North America, notably including the Douglas-fir.-References:* C. Michael Hogan. 2008. )...
(Packard, 1864) -BC - Lophocampa caryaeLophocampa caryaeLophocampa caryae, the Hickory Tussock Moth or Hickory Halisidota, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. Like most species in its family, the caterpillars acquire chemical defenses from their host plants...
Harris, 1841 -ON, QB, NS - Lophocampa maculataLophocampa maculataThe Spotted Tussock Moth, Mottled Tiger or Spotted Halisidota is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found across southern Canada, the western parts of the United States, south in Appalachians to South Carolina and Kentucky.The wingspan is 35-45 mm. The moth flies from May to July...
Harris, 1841 -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS, NF - Lophocampa roseata (Walker, 1866) -BC
- Pygarctia spragueiPygarctia spragueiSprague's Pygarctia is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from on the Great Plains from southern Canada to Texas, westward to Utah, eastward to Indiana and Louisiana.The wingspan is about 31 mm....
(Grote, 1875) -MB
Subfamily Lithosiinae
- Acsala anomala Benjamin, 1935 -YU, NT
- Bruceia pulverina Neumoegen, 1893 -BC
- Cisthene plumbeaCisthene plumbeaThe Lead-colored Lichen Moth is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from southern New Jersey south to northern Florida, west to Wisconsin and Texas....
Stretch, 1885 -ON - Clemensia albata Packard, 1864 -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NB, NS
- Crambidia casta (Packard, 1869) -BC, AB, SK, YU, ON, QB, NS
- Crambidia cephalica (Grotes & Robinson, 1870) -AB
- Crambidia impura Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 -BC, AB, MB, YU
- Crambidia pallida Packard, 1864 -MB, ON, QB, NB, NS
- Crambidia pura Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 -ON
- Eilema bicolor (Grote, 1864) -BC, AB, SK, MB, YU, NT, ON, QB, NB, NS, NF
- Hypoprepia fucosaHypoprepia fucosaThe Painted Lichen Moth is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains....
Hübner, [1831] -MB, ON, QB, NB, NS - Hypoprepia miniataHypoprepia miniataThe Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth or Scarlet Lichen Moth is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from British Columbia south through the western side of the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and Texas. It is also found throughout eastern North America.The length of the forewings is 14-17 mm...
(Kirby, 1837) -BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QB, NS - Lycomorpha pholus (Drury, 1773) -AB, SK, ON, QB, NB, NS