Celery Looper Moth - approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Genus: Anagrapha
Species: Falcifera
Celery Looper Moth - approx. 2.5 cm - Lynde Shores Conservation Area (Whitby) - September 2007
Clover Looper Moth - wingspan approx. 3.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - July 2007
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Eight-spotted Forester Moth - wingspan approx. 3.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Genus: Alypia
Species: Octomaculata
Eight-spotted Forester Moth - wingspan approx. 3.5 cm - Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek) - June 2008
Similar to White-spotted Sable Moth  
? Moth - approx. 2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)?
Clover Looper Moth - wingspan approx. 3.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Caenurgina
Species: Crassiuscula
Family: Erebidae
17 species
Smeared Dagger Moth (larva) - approx. 4 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acronicta
Species: Oblinita
Smeared Dagger Moth (larva) on Common Milkweed - approx. 4 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - July 2007
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Highly variable in colour but usually some combination of
black, yellow, red and white - also known as Smartweed
Caterpillar
Henry's Marsh Moth (larva) - approx. 4 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Simyra
Species: Henrici
Henry's Marsh Moth (larva) - approx. 4 cm - Kortright Centre for Conservation - July 2009
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
American Dagger Moth (larva) - approx. 5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Genus: Acronicta
Species: Americana
American Dagger Moth (larva) - approx. 5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2007
Goldenrod Hooded Owlet Moth (larva) - approx. 5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Genus: Cucullia
Species: Asteroides
Goldenrod Hooded Owlet Moth (larva) on New England Aster - approx. 5 cm - Lynde Shores Conservation Area - September 2007
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Updated September 2 2011
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Noctuidae Moth? - approx. 3 cm - Leslie Spit - September 2008
? Moth - approx. 3 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Family: Erebidae?
Toadflax Brocade Moth on Queen Anne's Lace - wingspan approx. 3 cm - Rouge Valley (Rouge Valley Park) - July 2011
Toadflax Brocade Moth - wingspan approx. 3 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Primrose Moth - approx. 2 cm - Markham (Warden & Steeles) - September 2011
Primrose Moth - wingspan approx. 3.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Schinia
Species: Florida
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Black-dotted Maliattha Moth on Dog-strangling Vine - wingspan approx. 2 cm - Leslie Spit - June 2010
Black-dotted Maliattha Moth - wingspan approx. 2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Maliattha
Species: Synochitis
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Also known as Black-dotted Lithicodia - species name
formerly Lithicodia synochitis
Zebra Caterpillar Moth (larva) - approx. 3.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Melanchra
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Updated July 28 2011
Zebra Caterpillar Moth (larva) - approx. 3.5 cm - Leslie Spit - September 2010
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Species: Picta
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Moonseed Moth (larva) - approx. 5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Plusiodonta
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Updated July 7 2011
Moonseed Moth (larva) on Moonseed vine - approx. 5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - July 2011
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Species: Compressipalpis
Family: Erebidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
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Black-dotted Maliattha Moth on Dog-strangling Vine - wingspan approx. 2 cm - Leslie Spit - June 2010
Noctuidae Moth? on Canada Goldenrod - approx. 2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2007
Genus: Calophasia
Species: Lunula
Toadflax Brocade Moth (larva) - approx. 3.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Calophasia
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Updated July 27 2011
Toadflax Brocade Moth (larva) - approx. 3.5 cm - Leslie Spit - July 2008
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Species: Lunula
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
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Updated July 27 2011
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Also known as Asteroid
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Updated September 9 2011
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Similar to Forage Looper (C. erechtea)
Fingered Dagger Moth (larva) - approx. 5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Genus: Acronicta
Species: Dactylina
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
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Updated September 26 2011
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Grapevine Epimenis Moth - wingspan approx. 2.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Genus: Psychomorpha
Species: Epimenis
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Updated January 15 2009
Grapevine Epimenis Moth - wingspan approx. 2.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - April 2008
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Fingered Dagger Moth (larva) - approx. 5 cm - Leslie Spit - September 2011
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Updated April 8 2012
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Eight-spotted Forester Moth larva - approx. 2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Genus: Alypia
Species: Octomaculata
Eight-spotted Forester Moth larva with Bold Jumping Spider - approx. 2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - July 2008
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Pearly? Wood Nymph Moth (larva) - approx. 3.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Eudryas
Pearly? Wood Nymph Moth (larva) - approx. 3.5 cm - Kortright Centre for Conservation - August 2011
Species: Unio?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Possibly Beautiful Wood Nymph (E. grata)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)