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Arctiidae - tiger moths

bella mothThere are around 11,000 species of small to medium-sized moths in this family. Most species are brightly colored and have stripes, spots, or bands on their wings. They are found in all parts of the world. Many caterpillars in this family are thickly furred. In fact, the caterpillar of the Isabella tiger moth is the familiar woolly bear caterpillar.








Endangered in NH Endangered in N.H.
Threatened in NH Threatened in N.H.
introduced Introduced
Endangered in the US Endangered in U.S.
Threatened in the US Threatened in U.S.
 

  New Hampshire Species    Other North American Species

Agreeable Tiger Moth
Bicolored Moth
Bog Holomelina
Confused Haploa
Dubious Tiger Moth
Figured Tiger Moth
Garden Tiger Moth
Harnessed Moth
Immaculate Holomelina
Isabella Tiger Moth
Large Ruby Tiger Moth
Leconte's Haploa
Lined Ruby Tiger Moth
Little Tiger Moth
Little White Lichen Moth
Orange Holomelina
Painted Lichen Moth
Pale Lichen Moth
Phyllira Tiger Moth
Ruby Tiger Moth
Rusty Holomelina
Salt Marsh Moth
Tawny Holomelina
Virginia Ctenucha
Virginian Tiger Moth


 

Anna Tiger Moth
Arge Tiger Moth
Banded Tiger Moth
Banded Tussock Moth
Bella Moth
Black-Winged Dahana
Brown Ctenucha
Cinnabar Moth
Clymene Moth
Colona Moth
Dark Gray Lichen Moth
Delicate Cycnia
Doris Tiger Moth
Double-Tufted Wasp Moth
Echo Moth
Edwards' Glassywing
Edwards' Wasp Moth
Faithful Beauty
Fall Webworm Moth
Florida Eucereon
Great Leopard Moth
Hickory Tussock Moth
Joyful Holomelina
Kentucky Lichen Moth
Lead-Colored Lichen Moth
Lesser Wasp Moth
Long-Streaked Tussock Moth
Mexican Tiger Moth
Milkweed Tussock Moth
Mouse-Colored Lichen Moth
Nais Tiger Moth
Oithona Tiger Moth
Oregon Cycnis
Ornate Tiger Moth
Packard's Lichen Moth
Painted Tiger Moth
Parthenice Tiger Moth
Pearly-Winged Lichen Moth
Pink-Legged Tiger Moth
Placentia Tiger Moth
Polka-Dot Wasp Moth
Ranchman's Tiger Moth
Red-Shouldered Ctenucha
Red-tailed Specter
Reversed Haploa
Ruddy Holomelina
Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth
Scarlet-Winged Lichen Moth
Showy Holomelina
Silver-Spotted Tiger Moth
Snowy Eupseudosoma
Spotted Tussock Moth
Sprague's Pygarctia
St. Lawrence Tiger Moth
Streaked Calidota
Striated Lichen Moth
Subject Lichen Moth
Texas Wasp Moth
The Neighbor
Thin-Banded Lichen Moth
Three-spotted Specter
Unexpected Cycnia
Vestal Tiger Moth
Virgin Tiger Moth
Wandering Tiger Moth
Yellow-Banded Wasp Moth
Yellow-Collared Scape Moth
Yellow-Edged Pygarctia
Yellow-Winged Pareuchaetes

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