List of moths of Canada (Noctuidae)

This is a list of the moths of Family Noctuidae (sensu Kitching & Rawlins, 1999) that 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 that indicates the Canadian provinces or territories in which the species can be found.

Western Canada BC = British Columbia AB = Alberta SK = Saskatchewan MB = Manitoba YT = Yukon NT = Northwest Territories NU = Nunavut

Eastern Canada ON = Ontario QC = Quebec NB = New Brunswick NS = Nova Scotia PE = Prince Edward Island NF = Newfoundland LB = Labrador

Subfamily Calpinae Anomis erosa (Hübner, 1821)-ON, QC, NB, MB Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)-ON Calyptra canadensis (Bethune, 1865)-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB, SK, MB Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)-ON, QC Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF, BC, AB, SK, NT, YT, MB

Subfamily Catocalinae Alabama argillacea (Hübner, 1823)-ON, QC, NB, NS, MB Allotria elonympha (Hübner, 1818)-ON Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, 1818-ON, QC, NB, NS, MB Argyrostrotis anilis (Drury, 1773)-ON, QC, SK Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Bulia deducta (Morrison, 1875)-BC, AB, SK Caenurgina annexa (Edwards, 1890)-BC, AB Caenurgina caerulea (Grote, 1873)-BC Caenurgina crassiuscula (Haworth, 1809)-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF, BC, AB, SK, NT, YT, MB Caenurgina erechtea (Cramer, 1780)-ON, QC, NS, BC, AB, SK, MB Catocala aholibah Strecker, 1874-BC, SK Catocala allusa Hulst, 1884-BC Catocala amatrix (Hübner, )-ON, QC, NB, NS Catocala amica (Hübner, 1818)-ON, QC Catocala antinympha (Hübner, 1823)-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE Catocala blandula Hulst, 1884-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, AB, SK, MB Catocala briseis Edwards, 1864-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Catocala californica Edwards, 1864-BC Catocala cara Guenée, 1852-ON, QC, NB Catocala cerogama Guenée, 1852-ON, QC, NB, NS, SK, MB Catocala clintoni Grote, 1864-ON, QC, MB Catocala coccinata Grote, 1872-ON, QC, NB, NS, SK, MB Catocala coelebs Grote, 1874-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, SK Catocala concumbens Walker, -ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, AB, SK, MB Catocala connubialis Guenée, 1852-ON, NB, NS Catocala crataegi Saunders, 1876-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE Catocala dejecta Strecker, 1880-ON Catocala epione (Drury, 1773)-ON, QC Catocala faustina Strecker, 1873-BC Catocala gracilis Edwards, 1864-ON, QC, NS Catocala grynea (Cramer, 1780)-ON, QC Catocala habilis Grote, 1872-ON, QC, NS Catocala hermia Edwards, 1880-AB, SK, MB Catocala ilia (Cramer, 1776)-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, SK, MB Catocala illecta Walker, -ON Catocala innubens Guenée, 1852-ON, QC Catocala insolabilis Guenée, 1852-ON Catocala judith Strecker, 1874-ON, QC Catocala junctura Walker, -BC, AB, SK Catocala lacrymosa Guenée, 1852-ON Catocala lineella Grote, 1872-ON, QC Catocala luciana Strecker, 1874-AB, SK, MB Catocala meskei Grote, 1873-ON, QC, AB, SK, MB Catocala micronympha Guenée, 1852-ON, QC, MB Catocala mira Grote, 1876-ON, QC, MB Catocala nebulosa Edwards, 1864-ON Catocala neogama (Smith, 1797)-ON, QC Catocala obscura Strecker, 1873-ON, QC Catocala palaeogama Guenée, 1852-ON, QC Catocala parta Guenée, 1852-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB, SK, MB Catocala piatrix Grote, 1864-ON, QC Catocala praeclara Grote & Robinson, 1866-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB, SK, MB Catocala relicta Walker, -ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF, BC, AB, SK, NT Catocala residua Grote, 1874-ON, QC Catocala retecta Grote, 1872-ON, QC, MB Catocala semirelicta Grote, 1874-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, BC, AB, SK, MB Catocala serena Edwards, 1864-ON Catocala similis Edwards, 1864-ON, QC Catocala sordida Grote, 1877-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, SK, MB Catocala subnata Grote, 1864-ON, QC, NS Catocala ultronia (Hübner, 1823)-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, BC, AB, SK, MB Catocala unijuga Walker, -ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Catocala vidua (Smith, 1797)-ON Catocala whitneyi Dodge, 1874-MB Celiptera frustulum Guenée, 1852-ON Cissusa indiscreta (Edwards, 1886)-BC Cissusa spadix (Cramer, 1780)-ON, QC Doryodes grandipennis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918-NB, NS Drasteria adumbrata (Behr, 1870)-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, BC, AB, SK, MB Drasteria divergens (Behr, 1870)-BC Drasteria grandirena (Haworth, 1809)-ON, QC, NS Drasteria hastingsii (Edwards, 1878)-BC Drasteria howlandi i (Grote, 1865)-BC, SK Drasteria hudsonica (Grote & Robinson, 1865)-BC, AB, SK, YT, MB Drasteria ochracea (Behr, 1870)-BC Drasteria pallescens (Grote & Robinson, 1866)-AB, SK Drasteria perplexa (Edwards, 1884)-AB, SK Drasteria petricola (Walker, 1858)-BC, AB, SK, NT, YT, MB Drasteria sabulosa Edwards, 1881-BC Euclidia ardita Franclemont, 1957-BC Euclidia cuspidea (Hübner, 1818)-ON, QC, NB, BC, AB, SK, NT, MB Euparthenos nubilis (Hübner, 1823)-ON, QC Gabara subnivosella Walker, 1866-MB Hypocala andremona (Cramer, 1784)-ON Hypsoropha hormos Hübner, 1818-QC Isogona tenuis (Grote, 1872)-ON Ledaea perditalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC Lesmone detrahens (Walker, 1858)-QC Lygephila victoria (Grote, 1874)-BC Melipotis indomita (Walker, )-ON Melipotis jucunda (Hübner, 1818)-ON, BC, AB, SK, MB Melipotis perpendicularis (Guenée, 1852)-MB Metalectra discalis (Grote, 1876)-ON, QC Metalectra quadrisignata (Walker, )-ON, QC, NB, NS, MB Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852)-ON, QC Pangrapta decoralis Hübner, 1818-ON, QC, NB, NS, SK, MB Panopoda carneicosta Guenée, 1852-ON Panopoda repanda (Walker, )-ON, NB Panopoda rufimargo (Hübner, 1818)-ON, QC, NB Parallelia bistriaris Hübner, 1818-ON, QC, NB, NS Phoberia atomaris Hübner, 1818-ON, QC Plusiodonta compressipalpis Guenée, 1852-ON, QC, MB Scolecocampa liburna (Geyer, 1837)-ON Spiloloma lunilinea Grote, 1873-ON Thysania zenobia (Cramer, 1777)-ON, QC, SK Zale aeruginosa (Guenée, 1852)-ON, QC, NB, NS, MB Zale calycanthata (Smith, 1797)-ON Zale curema (Smith, 1908)-ON Zale duplicata (Bethune, 1865)-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, AB, SK, MB Zale galbanata (Morrison, 1876)-ON, QC, NB, AB, SK, MB Zale helata (Smith, 1908)-ON, QC, NB, MB Zale horrida Hübner, 1819-ON, QC, NB, NS, MB Zale lunata (Drury, 1773)-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, MB Zale lunifera (Hübner, 1818)-ON, QC, NB Zale metatoides McDunnough, 1943-ON, SK, MB Zale minerea (Guenée, 1852)-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, AB, SK, MB Zale phaeocapna Franclemont, 1950-ON, QC Zale submediana Strand, 1917-ON, QC, SK, MB Zale undularis (Drury, 1773)-ON, QC, NB Zale unilineata (Grote, 1876)-ON, QC, NB, MB

Subfamily Euteliinae Eutelia pulcherrimus (Grote, 1865)-ON Marathyssa basalis Walker, 1865-ON, QC Marathyssa inficita (Walker, 1865)-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, MB Paectes abrostolella (Walker, 1866)-ON Paectes nubifera Hampson, 1912-QC Paectes oculatrix (Guenée, 1852)-ON, QC, NB, NS, SK, MB

Subfamily Herminiinae Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, AB, SK, MB Chytolita morbidalis (Guenée, 1854)-ON, QC, NB, BC Chytolita petrealis Grote, 1880-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Idia aemula Hübner, 1814-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, BC, AB, SK, MB Idia americalis (Guenée, 1854)-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Idia denticulalis (Harvey, 1875)-ON, QC, NB Idia diminuendis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)-ON, QC, NS Idia forbesii (French, 1894)-ON, QC Idia immaculalis (Hulst, 1886)-AB, SK Idia julia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)-ON, QC, NS, MB Idia laurentii (Smith, 1893)-NS Idia lubricalis (Geyer, 1832)-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, AB, SK, MB Idia majoralis (Smith, 1895)-ON, QC Idia occidentalis (Smith, 1884)-BC, AB Idia rotundalis (Walker, 1866)-ON, QC, NB, NS, MB Idia scobialis (Grote, 1880)-ON, QC Lascoria ambigualis Walker, 1866-ON, QC Macrochilo absorptalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS, SK, MB Macrochilo bivittata (Grote, 1877)-ON, QC, NB, AB, SK, MB Macrochilo litophora (Grote, 1873)-ON, QC Macrochilo louisiana (Forbes, 1922)-ON, QC, AB, SK Macrochilo orciferalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS, SK, MB Palthis angulalis (Hübner, 1796)-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Palthis asopialis (Guenée, 1854)-ON Phalaenophana pyramusalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB, SK, MB Phalaenostola eumelusalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, SK, MB Phalaenostola hanhami (Smith, 1899)-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB, SK, MB Phalaenostola larentioides Grote, 1873-ON, QC, NB Phalaenostola metonalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Redectis vitrea (Grote, 1878)-ON Renia discoloralis Guenée, 1854-ON, QC Renia factiosalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC Renia flavipunctalis (Geyer, 1832)-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB, SK, MB Renia sobrialis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS Tetanolita mynesalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC Tetanolita palligera (Smith, 1884)-BC Zanclognatha bryanti Barnes, 1928-BC Zanclognatha cruralis (Guenée, 1854)-ON, QC, NB, NS Zanclognatha deceptricalis Zeller, 1873-ON, QC, NB, MB Zanclognatha inconspicualis (Grote, 1883)-QC, NB Zanclognatha jacchusalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB Zanclognatha laevigata (Grote, 1872)-ON, QC, NB, NS, MB Zanclognatha lituralis (Hübner, 1818)-ON, QC, NS Zanclognatha lutalba (Smith, 1906)-ON, QC, BC, AB, SK, MB Zanclognatha obscuripennis (Grote, 1872)-QC, NB Zanclognatha ochreipennis (Grote, 1872)-ON, QC, NB Zanclognatha pedipilalis (Guenée, 1854)-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB Zanclognatha protumnusalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS Zanclognatha theralis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS

Subfamily Hypeninae Colobochyla interpuncta (Grote, 1872)-ON, QC Hypena abalienalis Walker, 1859-ON, QC, NB, BC, SK, MB Hypena atomaria Smith, 1903-ON, QC, BC, AB, SK, MB Hypena baltimoralis (Guenée, 1854)-ON, QC, NB, NS Hypena bijugalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Hypena californica Behr, 1870-ON, BC, AB, SK Hypena deceptalis Walker, 1859-ON, QC, NB, AB, SK, MB Hypena decorata Smith, 1884-BC Hypena edictalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, BC, AB, SK, MB Hypena humuli Harris, 1841-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, AB, SK, MB Hypena madefactalis Guenée, 1854-ON, QC Hypena manalis Walker, 1859-ON, QC Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854-ON, QC, NS Hypena modestoides Poole, 1989-BC Hypena palparia (Walker, 1861)-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, AB, SK, MB Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798)-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB, SK, MB Hypena sordidula Grote, 1872-ON, QC, MB Lomanaltes eductalis (Walker, 1859)-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, AB, SK, MB Melanomma auricinctaria Grote, 1875-ON, QC Mycterophora inexplicata (Walker, )-ON, QC, NB, AB, SK, NT, MB Mycterophora longipalpata Hulst, 1896-BC Oxycilla malaca (Grote, 1873)-QC Phytometra ernestinana (Blanchard, 1840)-ON Phytometra rhodarialis (Walker, 1859)-ON Rivula propinqualis Guenée, 1854-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Spargaloma sexpunctata Grote, 1873-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, AB, SK, MB Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)-ON, SK, MB

Subfamily Strepsimaninae Dyspyralis illocata Warren, 1891-ON, QC, NS Dyspyralis nigellus (Strecker, 1900)-ON, QC Dyspyralis puncticosta (Smith, 1908)-ON, QC Hypenodes caducus (Dyar, 1907)-ON, QC Hypenodes fractilinea (Smith, 1908)-ON, QC, NB, NS, AB, SK Hypenodes franclemonti Ferguson, 1954-ON, NS Hypenodes palustris Ferguson, 1954-ON, QC, NS Hypenodes sombrus Ferguson, 1954-ON, QC, NS Nigetia formosalis Walker, 1866-ON Parahypenodes quadralis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918-ON, QC, NS Phobolosia anfracta (Edwards, 1881)-BC

Subfamily Acronictinae Acronicta afflicta Grote, 1864-ON, QC, NS Acronicta albarufa Grote, 1874-ON, MB Acronicta americana (Harris, 1841)-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF, AB, SK, MB Acronicta clarescens Guenée, 1852-ON, QC, NS Acronicta connecta Grote, 1873-ON Acronicta cyanescens Guenée, 1852-BC Acronicta dactylina Grote, 1874-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Acronicta falcula (Grote, 1877)-MB Acronicta fragilis (Guenée, 1852)-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Acronicta funeralis Grote & Robinson, 1866-ON, QC, NB, NS, BC, MB Acronicta furcifera Guenée, 1852-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, BC, AB, SK, MB Acronicta grisea Walker, 1856-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF, BC, AB, SK, MB Acronicta haesitata (Grote, 1882)-ON, QC, NS Acronicta hamamelis Guenée, 1852-ON, QC, NS Acronicta hasta Guenée, 1852-ON, BC Acronicta impleta Walker, 1856-ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, BC, AB, SK, MB Acronicta impressa Walker, 1856-ON, QC, NB, NS, NF, BC, AB, SK, NT, YT, MB