North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This list is sorted by MONA number (MONA is short for Moths of America North of Mexico). A numbering system for North American moths introduced by Ronald W. Hodges et al. in 1983 in the publication Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. The list has since been updated, but the placement in families is outdated for some species.
This list covers America north of Mexico (effectively the continental United States and Canada). For a list of moths and butterflies recorded from the state of Hawaii, see List of Lepidoptera of Hawaii.
This is a partial list, covering moths with MONA numbers ranging from 8322 to 11233. For the rest of the list, see List of moths of North America.
Noctuidae 8322 – Idia americalis, American idia moth 8323 – Idia aemula, common idia moth 8323.1 – Idia concisa 8324 – Idia majoralis, greater idia moth 8325 – Idia suffusalis 8326 – Idia rotundalis, rotund idia moth 8327 – Idia forbesii 8328 – Idia julia 8329 – Idia diminuendis, orange-spotted idia moth 8330 – Idia scobialis, smoky idia moth 8331 – Idia laurentii 8332 – Idia terrebralis 8333 – Idia denticulalis, toothed idia moth 8334 – Idia lubricalis, glossy black idia moth 8334.1 – Idia occidentalis 8335 – Idia parvulalis 8336 – Idia gopheri 8337 – Idia immaculalis 8338 – Phalaenophana pyramusalis, dark-banded owlet moth 8339 – Phalaenophana extremalis 8339.1 – Simplicia cornicalis 8340 – Zanclognatha lituralis, lettered zanclognatha moth 8341 – Zanclognatha theralis 8343 – Zanclognatha minoralis 8345 – Zanclognatha laevigata, variable zanclognatha moth 8346 – Zanclognatha atrilineella 8347 – Zanclognatha obscuripennis, dark zanclognatha moth 8348 – Zanclognatha pedipilalis, grayish zanclognatha moth 8349 – Zanclognatha protumnusalis 8350 – Zanclognatha martha 8351 – Zanclognatha cruralis, early zanclognatha moth 8352 – Zanclognatha marcidilinea, yellowish zanclognatha moth 8353 – Zanclognatha jacchusalis, wavy-lined zanclognatha moth 8354 – Zanclognatha lutalba 8355 – Chytolita morbidalis, morbid owlet moth 8356 – Chytolita petrealis, stone-winged owlet moth 8357 – Macrochilo absorptalis, slant-lined owlet moth 8357.1 – Macrochilo hypocritalis, twin-dotted macrochilo moth 8358 – Macrochilo litophora, brown-lined owlet moth 8359 – Macrochilo bivittata, two-striped owlet moth 8359.1 – Macrochilo santerivalis 8360 – Macrochilo orciferalis, bronzy macrochilo moth 8361 – Macrochilo louisiana, Louisiana macrochilo moth 8362 – Phalaenostola metonalis, pale phalaenostola moth 8363 – Phalaenostola eumelusalis, dark phalaenostola moth 8364 – Phalaenostola larentioides, black-banded owlet moth 8365 – Phalaenostola hanhami, Hanham's owlet moth 8366 – Tetanolita mynesalis, smoky tetanolita moth 8367 – Tetanolita palligera 8368 – Tetanolita floridana, Florida tetanolita moth 8369 – Tetanolita negalis 8370 – Bleptina caradrinalis, bent-winged owlet moth 8370.1 – Bleptina araealis 8371 – Bleptina inferior 8372 – Bleptina sangamonia 8373 – Bleptina flaviguttalis 8374 – Bleptina minimalis 8375 – Bleptina hydrillalis 8376 – Hypenula cacuminalis, long-horned owlet moth 8377 – Hypenula caminalis 8378 – Renia salusalis 8379 – Renia factiosalis, sociable renia moth 8380 – Renia nemoralis, chocolate renia moth 8381 – Renia discoloralis, discolored renia moth 8382 – Renia pulverosalis 8383 – Renia hutsoni 8384 – Renia rigida 8384.1 – Renia flavipunctalis, yellow-spotted renia moth 8385 – Renia fraternalis, fraternal renia moth 8386 – Renia adspergillus, speckled renia moth 8387 – Renia sobrialis, sober renia moth 8388 – Renia subterminalis 8389 – Renia mortualis 8390 – Aristaria theroalis 8390.1 – Aglaonice otignatha 8390.2 – Physula albipunctilla 8391 – Carteris oculatalis, dotted carteris moth 8391.1 – Carteris lineata 8392 – Phlyctaina irrigualis 8393 – Lascoria ambigualis, ambiguous moth 8394 – Lascoria aon 8395 – Lascoria alucitalis 8396 – Lascoria orneodalis 8397 – Palthis angulalis, dark-spotted palthis moth 8398 – Palthis asopialis, faint-spotted palthis moth 8399 – Rejectaria albisinuata 8400 – Redectis pygmaea, pygmy redectis moth 8401 – Redectis vitrea, white-spotted redectis moth 8402 – Macristis bilinealis 8402.1 – Macristis geminipunctalis 8403 – Macristis schausi 8404 – Rivula propinqualis, spotted grass moth 8404.1 – Rivula pusilla 8404.2 – Rivula stepheni 8405 – Oxycilla tripla 8406 – Oxycilla basipallida 8407 – Oxycilla malaca, bent-lined tan moth 8408 – Oxycilla mitographa 8409 – Oxycilla ondo 8410 – Zelicodes linearis 8411 – Colobochyla interpuncta, yellow-lined owlet moth 8412 – Melanomma auricinctaria, gold-lined melanomma moth 8413 – Mycterophora inexplicata 8414 – Mycterophora monticola 8415 – Mycterophora longipalpata, long-palped mycterophora moth 8416 – Mycterophora geometriformis 8417 – Mycterophora rubricans 8418 – Parascotia fuliginaria, waved black moth 8419 – Prosoparia perfuscaria 8419.1 – Prosoparia anormalis 8419.2 – Prosoparia floridana 8420 – Hypenodes caducus, large hypenodes moth 8421 – Hypenodes fractilinea, broken-line hypenodes moth 8422 – Hypenodes palustris 8423 – Hypenodes sombrus 8424 – Hypenodes franclemonti 8425 – Dasyblemma straminea 8426 – Dyspyralis illocata, visitation moth 8427 – Dyspyralis puncticosta, spot-edged dyspyralis moth 8428 – Dyspyralis nigellus 8429 – Dyspyralis noloides 8430 – Parahypenodes quadralis, masked parahypenodes moth 8431 – Schrankia macula, black-spotted schrankia moth 8432 – Sigela brauneata 8433 – Sigela penumbrata 8434 – Sigela basipunctaria 8435 – Sigela eoides 8436 – Abablemma grandimacula 8437 – Abablemma brimleyana 8438 – Abablemma bilineata 8438.1 – Abablemma duomaculata 8439 – Phobolosia anfracta 8440 – Nigetia formosalis, thin-winged owlet moth 8441 – Hypena manalis, flowing-line bomolocha moth 8442 – Hypena baltimoralis, Baltimore bomolocha moth 8442.1 – Hypena ramstadtii 8443 – Hypena bijugalis, dimorphic bomolocha moth 8444 – Hypena palparia, mottled bomolocha moth 8445 – Hypena abalienalis, white-lined bomolocha moth 8446 – Hypena deceptalis, deceptive bomolocha moth 8447 – Hypena madefactalis, gray-edged bomolocha moth 8447.1 – Hypena appalachiensis 8448 – Hypena sordidula, sordid bomolocha moth 8448.1 – Hypena subidalis 8449 – Hypena heuloa 8450 – Hypena atomaria 8451 – Hypena vega 8452 – Hypena edictalis, large bomolocha moth 8453 – Hypena umbralis 8454 – Hypena variabilis 8454.1 – Hypena vetustalis 8455 – Hypena eductalis 8456 – Hypena abjuralis 8457 – Hypena minualis, sooty bomolocha moth 8458 – Hypena annulalis 8459 – Hypena degasalis 8460 – Hypena porrectalis 8461 – Hypena humuli, hop vine moth 8462 – Hypena californica 8463 – Hypena decorata 8464 – Hypena modestoides 8465 – Hypena scabra, green cloverworm moth 8466 – Tathorhynchus exsiccata 8467 – Hemeroplanis scopulepes, variable tropic moth 8468 – Hemeroplanis punitalis 8469 – Hemeroplanis secundalis 8470 – Hemeroplanis reversalis 8471 – Hemeroplanis habitalis, black-dotted hemeroplanis moth 8472 – Hemeroplanis historialis 8473 – Hemeroplanis finitima 8474 – Hemeroplanis incusalis 8475 – Hemeroplanis parallela 8475.1 – Hemeroplanis rectalis 8476 – Hemeroplanis immaculalis 8477 – Hemeroplanis obliqualis 8477.1 – Hemeroplanis trilineosa 8477.2 – Mursa phtisialis 8478 – Glympis concors 8479 – Spargaloma sexpunctata, six-spotted gray moth 8480 – Phytometra ernestinana, Ernestine's moth 8481 – Phytometra rhodarialis, pink-bordered yellow moth 8482 – Phytometra apicata 8483 – Phytometra obliqualis 8484 – Phytometra orgiae 8485 – Nychioptera noctuidalis 8486 – Nychioptera accola 8487 – Nychioptera opada 8488 – Hormoschista latipalpis, double-lined brown moth 8489 – Ommatochila mundula 8490 – Pangrapta decoralis, decorated owlet moth 8491 – Ledaea perditalis, lost owlet moth 8492 – Isogona natatrix 8493 – Isogona tenuis, thin-lined owlet moth 8494 – Isogona texana 8495 – Isogona punctipennis 8496 – Isogona segura 8497 – Isogona snowi, Snow's owlet moth 8498 – Isogona scindens 8499 – Metalectra discalis, common fungus moth 8500 – Metalectra quadrisignata, four-spotted fungus moth 8501 – Metalectra bigallis 8502 – Metalectra tantillus, black fungus moth 8503 – Metalectra diabolica, diabolical fungus moth 8504 – Metalectra albilinea 8505 – Metalectra richardsi, Richards' fungus moth 8506 – Metalectra miserulata 8507 – Metalectra edilis 8507.1 – Metalectra geminicincta 8508 – Metalectra cinctus 8509 – Arugisa lutea, common arugisa moth 8510 – Arugisa latiorella, Watson's arugisa moth 8511 – Arugisa punctalis 8512 – Pseudorgyia versuta 8513 – Pseudorgyia russula 8514 – Scolecocampa liburna, deadwood borer moth 8515 – Scolecocampa atriluna 8515.5 – Rhosologia porrecta 8516 – Pharga pallens 8517 – Palpidia pallidior 8518 – Gabara obscura 8519 – Gabara gigantea 8520 – Gabara stygialis 8521 – Gabara infumata 8522 – Gabara subnivosella 8523 – Gabara distema 8524 – Gabara pulverosalis 8525 – Phyprosopus callitrichoides, curve-lined owlet moth 8526 – Phyprosopus calligrapha 8527 – Hypsoropha monilis, large necklace moth 8528 – Hypsoropha hormos, small necklace moth 8528.1 – Hypsoropha baja 8529 – Psammathodoxa cochlidioides 8530 – Cecharismena cara 8532 – Cecharismena nectarea 8532.1 – Cecharismena jalapena 8533 – Cecharismena anartoides 8534 – Plusiodonta compressipalpis, moonseed moth 8535 – Plusiodonta amado 8536 – Calyptra canadensis, Canadian owlet moth no number yet – Dinumma deponens 8537 – Gonodonta sicheas 8538 – Gonodonta sinaldus 8539 – Gonodonta pyrgo 8540 – Gonodonta nutrix, citrus fruit-piercer moth 8541 – Gonodonta unica 8542 – Gonodonta incurva 8542.1 – Gonodonta bidens 8542.2 – Gonodonta fulvangula 8542.3 – Gonodonta nitidimacula 8543 – Eudocima apta 8543.1 – Eudocima serpentifera 8543.2 – Eudocima tyrannus 8544 – Goniapteryx servia 8545 – Anomis erosa, yellow scallop moth 8546 – Anomis flava, tropical anomis moth 8547 – Anomis privata, hibiscus-leaf caterpillar moth 8548 – Anomis impasta 8549 – Anomis luridula 8550 – Anomis texana 8551 – Anomis illita, okra leafworm moth 8552 – Anomis exacta 8553 – Anomis editrix 8554 – Alabama argillacea, cotton leafworm moth 8555 – Scoliopteryx libatrix, herald moth 8555.1 – Itomia opistographa 8556 – Litoprosopus futilis, palmetto borer moth 8556.1 – Litoprosopus hatuey 8557 – Litoprosopus bahamensis, Bahamian palm owlet moth 8558 – Litoprosopus coachella, palm flower moth 8559 – Litoprosopus confligens 8560 – Diphthera festiva, hieroglyphic moth no number yet – Xenosoma flaviceps 8561 – Janseodes melanospila 8562 – Concana mundissima 8563 – Lygephila victoria 8564 – Herminocala stigmaphiles 8565 – Obrima rinconada 8565.1 – Obrima pyraloides 8566 – Bandelia angulata 8567 – Euaontia semirufa 8568 – Euaontia clarki 8569.1 – Eulepidotis addens 8570 – Eulepidotis metamorpha 8570.1 – Eulepidotis rectimargo 8570.2 – Eulepidotis electa 8571 – Eulepidotis micca 8571.1 – Eulepidotis striaepuncta 8573 – Metallata absumens, variable metallata moth 8573.1 – Renodes curviluna 8574 – Anticarsia gemmatalis, velvetbean caterpillar moth 8575 – Azeta repugnalis 8576 – Azeta schausi 8577 – Antiblemma rufinans 8578 – Antiblemma filaria 8579 – Antiblemma concinnula 8580 – Goniocarsia electrica 8581 – Epitausa prona 8581.1 – Epitausa coppryi 8582 – Ephyrodes cacata 8583 – Athyrma adjutrix 8583.1 – Athyrma ganglio 8584 – Syllectra erycata 8585 – Epidromia lienaris 8585.2 – Epidromia pannosa 8585.3 – Epidromia rotundata 8585.4 – Manbuta pyraliformis 8586 – Massala obvertens 8587 – Panopoda rufimargo, red-lined panopoda moth 8588 – Panopoda carneicosta, brown panopoda moth 8589 – Panopoda repanda, orange panopoda moth 8590 – Panopoda rigida 8590.1 – Baniana minor 8590.2 – Deinopa angitia 8591 – Phoberia atomaris, common oak moth 8591.1 – Phoberia ingenua