49 Moths of Central America

Abacena accincta is a species moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in French Guiana, Costa Rica and in Brazil.

Acanthodica grandis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Mexico.

Aclytia gynamorpha is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Peru, Costa Rica, French Guiana and the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará.

Acontia areletta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1907. It is found in Mexico.

Actias truncatipennis is an uncommon moth of the family Saturniidae that is found in Mexico. The species was first described by Léon Sonthonnax in 1899.

Adhemarius donysa is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1889, and is known from Mexico.

Adhemarius gannascus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790.

Adhemarius mexicanus is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Manuel Artemio Balcázar-Lara and Carlos R. Beutelspacher in 2001, and is known from Mexico, where it is found from Oaxaca to Jalisco.

Adhemarius palmeri is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.

Adhemarius ypsilon is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903 and is known from Costa Rica, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Aellopos fadus, the Fadus sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776.

Aethria haemorrhoidalis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Stoll in 1790. It is found in Belize, Ecuador, Guyana, Surinam and Brazil.

Aleptina clinopetes is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern Arizona and Mexico.

Amphelarctia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Allan Watson in 1975. Its single species, Amphelarctia priscilla, was first described by William Schaus in 1911. It is found in French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname and Costa Rica.

Anoba trigonoides is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in South America and Central America, including Costa Rica, Paraguay and Brazil.

Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to California and Arizona, south through Mexico to Costa Rica. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.

Antepione tiselaaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from the Mexican states of Morelos and Puebla, and Costa Rica.

Antiblemma agrestis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma alcinoe is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma amalthea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma anguinea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma chephira is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma chiva is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma fulvipicta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma harmodia is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma hembrilla is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma lacteigera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma lothos is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma penelope is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma phaedra is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma rhoda is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Antiblemma uncinata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Costa Rica.

Apistosia judas is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1827. It is found in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

Araeomolis rhodographa is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Panama, Suriname and the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

Automeris postalbida is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by William Schaus in 1900. It is found from Costa Rica to Ecuador.

Automeris zugana is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1886. It is found from Panama to western Ecuador. The habitat consists of hyperhumid tropical rain forests at altitudes between 60 and 1,400 meters.

Caio championi is a large moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Druce in 1886. It is found from Mexico to Guatemala, south to western Ecuador and northern Venezuela.

Callionima denticulata is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, which is known from Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru and western Venezuela. It was originally described by Schaus as Calliomma denticulata, in 1895.

Callionima falcifera is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Bruno Gehlen in 1943. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Jamaica, south through northern South America.

Callionima inuus is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.

Callionima nomius, the fan-tailed bark moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Callionima pan is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was originally described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.

Carales astur, the astur moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and east to Suriname.

Catabenoides vitrina is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found from California to western Texas and south through Mexico to Central America. It is also found in the Caribbean, including Cuba.

Catharylla mayrabonillae is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Théo Léger and Bernard Landry in 2014. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.

Cerodirphia avenata is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Panama.

Chilozela is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Chilozela trapeziana, which is found from Costa Rica south to Peru.

Citheronia azteca is a moth of the family Saturniidae that lives in Guatemala, Belize and Mexico.

Coiffaitarctia steniptera is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in Costa Rica, French Guiana, Suriname and the Amazon region.