Lepidoptera28 species

Family Euteliid Moths (Euteliidae)

Euteliidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 28 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Euteliidae (28)

Chlumetia transversa

Chlumetia transversa, the mango shoot borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is a widely distributed across Indo-Australian tropical countries far east to Solomon Islands.

Lophoptera squammigera

Lophoptera squammigera is a member of the moth family Noctuidae. It occurs in the oriental tropics from Sri Lanka to Sundaland, Sulawesi, Timor and the Bismarck Archipelago.

Marathyssa minus - Hodges#8956.1

Marathyssa minus

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010, p. 129) elevated minus to full species status stating, "DNA barcode data supports the recognition of the phenotypically distinct taxon Marathyssa minus as a species separate from M. inficita of which minus was previously t

Beautiful Marathyssa Moth

Marathyssa pulcherrimus

Marathyssa pulcherrimus, the beautiful marathyssa moth, is a species of owlet moth in the family Euteliidae It is found in North, Central, and South America.

Marathyssa pyrastis - Hodges#8968.2

Marathyssa pyrastis

Marathyssa pyrastis - Hodges#8968.2 (Marathyssa pyrastis) is a species in the family Euteliidae, belonging to the order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths). It is classified within the subfamily Euteliinae, superfamily Noctuoidea. This species belong

Barrens Paectes Moth

Paectes abrostolella

Paectes abrostolella is a species of owlet moths, etc. in the family Euteliidae. It is found in North America.

Large Paectes Moth

Paectes abrostoloides

The Large Paectes Moth or Sweetgum Defoliator (Paectes abrostoloides) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Arizona and north to Utah. It has also been recorded from the Antilles and Honduras

Paectes fuscescens - Hodges#8963.2

Paectes fuscescens

Identification: "Fawn-color, with blackish speckles. Palpi pale testaceous beneath. Antennae brown. Thorax in front, pectus and legs mostly whitish. Forewings indistinctly mottled with brown, and with three slender black bands; the first band more re

Paectes nana - Hodges#8967

Paectes nana

Identification: Adult - two distinct forms, see Pogue.

Paectes nubifera - Hodges#8965

Paectes nubifera

Identification: The original description is available online in the print references below. Female has yellowish-white patch above the antemedial line.

Pataeta carbo

Pataeta carbo is a moth of the Noctuidae family and the only member of the Pataeta genus. It is found around the west Pacific, including Australia (in the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern territory, Queensland and Victoria) as well as in Fi

Mango Shoot Borer

Penicillaria jocosatrix

The Mango Shoot Borer (Penicillaria jocosatrix) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southeast Asia to the Pacific. Records include Borneo, Guam, Hawaii, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Quee

Eugenia Caterpillar

Targalla delatrix

The Eugenia Caterpillar (Targalla delatrix) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread in the Indo-Australian tropics to Fiji. It has also been recorded from Rapa Iti, the Society Islands and Hawaii.

Targalla subocellata

Targalla subocellata is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Taiwan, the north-eastern part of the Himalaya, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi, the southern Moluccas, New Guinea and Queensland.