Moth Table (Cirsium spp.)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Grammia parthenice
(Parthenice Tiger Moth)
Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)

Tebenna carduiella *
(no common name)
Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)

Anagrapha falcifera
(Celery Looper Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Autographa precationis
(Common Looper Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Orthodes cynica
(Cynical Quaker)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Papaipema arctivorens *
(Northern Burdock Borer Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Papaipema cataphracta *
(Burdock Borer Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Papaipema nebris *
(Stalk Borer Moth)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Peridroma saucia
(Variegated Cutworm)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Phlogophora iris
(Olive Angle Shades)
Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Platyptilia carduidactyla ** §§
(Artichoke Plume Moth)
Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)

Dicymolomia julianalis
(no common name)
Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Homoeosoma electellum **
(Sunflower Moth)
Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Pyrausta subsequalis
(Thistle Snout Moth)
Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Scythris eboracensis **
(no common name)
Scythrididae (Flower Moths)

Hedya cyanana §
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

Lobesia carduana §§
(no common name)
Tortricidae (Tortrix Moths)

* larvae bore through stems or roots
** larvae feed on flowerheads
§ larvae are leaf-rollers
§§ larvae feed on terminal growth

Sources: Covell (1984/2005),
Microleps website (2010),
Natural History Museum website (2010)

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