NEOTROPICAL Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forest
moths

The beautiful and diverse moths of the tropical American jungle...

Superfamily Pyraloidea

Family Crambidae

Diaphania elegans 

Polygrammodes ponderalis. Found in South America.

Superfamily Bombycoidea

Family Saturniidae

Maybe ? Oxytenis modestia, 'Dead Leaf Moth'. Found in rainforest in Central and northern South America.

Superfamily Geometridae

Family Geometridae

Many of the moths in this family are called 'Emerald Moths', because they are often green in colour.

Synchlora gerularia. The caterpillars feed on Asteraceae plants. This species is found across much of the North and South America.

Pantherodes (?pardalaria) 'Leopard Moth'.

Eois paraviolascens.

Family Uranidae: 'Swallowtail Moths'

Subfamily Epipleminae: 'Scoopwing Moths'

Psamathia sp. Vertical bars across wings.

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Erebidae

 Subfamily Arctiinae

'Tiger Moths' are often yellow and black in colour.

Cosmosoma includes over 70 species of moths.

Mesothen sp. includes over 30 species of moths

Chlorhoda viridis.

To identify...

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