Superfamily Gelechioidea

Family Autostichidae

Taygete attributella

Family Batrachedridae

Batrachedra enormis

Family Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)

Walshia - species unknown

 Family Depressariidae

Antaeotricha schlaegeri

Antaeotricha schlaegeri 

 Ethmia discostrigella

Ethmia discostrigella

Ethmia hagenella

Ethmia hagenella

Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Aristotelia – Unidentified Aristotelia Moth

Aristotelia – Unidentified Aristotelia Moth

Coleotechnites – Unidentified Coleotechnites Moth

Coleotechnites – Unidentified Coleotechnites Moth

 

Superfamily Choreutoidea

 Family Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)

Caloreas apocynoglossa 

I found this tiny moth in the Santa Fe Mountains at 10,000 feet. These can be very active moths and they move almost continually. As a result, I wasn't paying attention to the plant this little guy was on and will need to check in the future as the plant was either Ligusticum porteri, a plant whose roots smell like licorice and whose leaves are used by people in salads, some other member of the parsley family native to the USA or perhaps it is a non-native plant we know as the source of the drink consumed by Socrates, Conium maculatum or poison hemlock.

 

Superfamily Bombycoidea

Family Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)

Coloradia pandora

Superfamily Bombycoidea

Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Hyles lineata or White-lined Sphinx moth 
feeding on Gentiana parryl in the Santa Fe 
Mountains at 10,000 feet.

Hyles lineata

 

Hemaris thetis with clear wings feeding on Iris missouriensis 

or Rocky Mountain iris. These wonderful moths can hover 

like a hummingbird and are fast flyers. This moth 
was photographed at 10,000 feet in the Santa Fe Mountains.

 

Hemaris thetis

 

Smerinthus saliceti resting on a wall 
in the daytime beneath a bright light.

 

Smerinthus cerisyi

 

Smerinthus cerisyi

Tortricoidea
Tortricidae
 Argyrotaenia colorada






Moth identification is based upon three resources:

1. Moth Photographers Group

2. BugGuide
3. Moths of Western North America by  J.A. Powell & P.A. Opler

The moths are arranged by superfamily and then by family. The genus and the species are provided if they are known. For example, in the photo above:

• Superfamily         Tortricoidea
• Family                  Tortricidae
• Genus species     Argyrotaenia colorada

The following superfamilies are represented:

Bombycoidea
Choreutoidea
Gelechioidea
Geometroidea
Gracillarioidea
Lasiocampoidea
Noctuoidea
Pterophoroidea
Pyraloidea
Sesioidea
Tineoidea
 Tortricoidea
Yponomeutoidea