This page is under construction.
I
have decided to start this page simply as a place to display some
of the photos of moths that I have come across on my various trips
- some of them photographed on daytime walks, some at night on lit-up
walls (mainly in campsites) and a
few attracted
to UV lights on organised moth-hunting evenings. The species that I
have managed to identify
with some degree of certainty are included under the moth family name
in alphabetical order.
I have also indicated the subfamily group the species belongs to but
have not necessarily listed the species according to these subfamilies..
| SPECIES LIST OF MOTHS - SCIENTIFIC NAMES ACCORDING TO FAMILY GROUPS |
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SUPERFAMILY
| FAMILY
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
| COMMON ENGLISH NAME
| SUBFAMILY
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BOMBYCOIDEA
| Saturniidae
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Aglia tau
| Tau Emperor
| Agliinae
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Saturnia pavoniella
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Little Peacock
| Saturniinae
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Saturnia pyri
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Giant Peacock
| Saturniinae
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Sphingidae
|
Agrius convolvuli
|
Convulvulus Hawkmoth
| Sphinginae
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Deilephila porcellus |
Small Elephant Hawkmoth | Macroglossinae
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Hemaris fuciformis
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Broad-boardered Bee Hawkmoth
| Macroglossinae
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Hemaris tityus
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Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth
| Macroglossinae
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Sphinx pinastri
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Pine Hawkmoth | Sphinghinae
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Hyles livornica
|
Striped Hawkmoth
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Macroglossinae
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Macroglossum
stellatarum
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Humming-bird Hawkmoth | Macroglossinae
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Marumba quercus
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Oak Hawkmoth | Smerinthinae
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Mimas tiliae
|
Lime Hawkmoth
| Smerinthinae
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| COSSOIDEA |
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DREPANOIDEA
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GEOMETROIDEA
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HEPIALOIDEA
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LASIOCAMPOIDEA
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Lasiocampidae
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Macrothylacia rubi
|
Fox Moth
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NOCTUOIDEA
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PYRALOIDEA
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THYRIDOIDEA
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ZYGAENOIDEA
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