update: 22.01.2026
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Noctuoidea
Noctuidae of Costa Rica
Cutworm Moths
Acontiinae
Acontia chea
1
Acontia viridifera
2
Chalcoecia BioLep02
3
Chalcoecia emessa
4
Chalcoecia gloria
5
Chalcoecia patricia
6
Chalenata noxia
7
Chalenata sp.
8
Chalenata ustota
9
Charoblemma unilinea
10
Drobeta andrevia
11
Drobeta bullata
12
Drobeta caliginosa
13
Drobeta crepuscula
14
Drobeta directa
15
Drobeta exscendens
16
Drobeta grandis
17
Drobeta hermione
18
Drobeta ithaca
19
Drobeta Janzen216
20
Drobeta ligneola
21
Drobeta melagonia
22
Drobeta ochriplaga
23
Drobeta onerosa
24
Drobeta orestes
25
Drobeta perplexa
26
Drobeta poliosema
27
Drobeta Poole08
28
Drobeta thacia
29
Drobeta tiresias
30
Drobeta tristigma
31
Dymba coryphata
32
Eusceptis atriora
33
Eusceptis effusa
34
Eusceptis lelae
35
Eusceptis obscura
36
Eusceptis splendens
37
Lambana harsha
38
Lambana lebana
39
Lambana necoda
40
Lambana ziha
41
Lycaugesia postnigrescens
42
Masoga rava
43
Mictochroa ambigua
44
Mictochroa dolens
45
Mictochroa zonella
46
Neocodia asna
47
Oenoptera leda
48
Orotermes japyx
49
Ponometia bicolorata
50
Ponometia bruchi
51
Ponometia carmelita
52
Ponometia exigua
53
Quandara hypozonata
54
Spragueia apicalis
55
Spragueia dama
56
Spragueia lepus
57
Spragueia margana
58
Spragueia perstructana
59
Tarache arelleta
60
Tarache dacia
61
Tarache phaenna
62
Tarache quadriplaga
63
Tarache tenuicula
64
Tarache tetragona
65
Trogoblemma cacodoxica
66
Trogoblemma modesta
67
Trogotorna moseri
68
Trogotorna persecta
69
Acronictinae
Acronicta velia
70
Calymniodes conchylis
71
Calymniodes pyrostorta
72
Agaristinae
Alypiodes geronimo
73
Darceta falcata
74
Darceta ophideres
75
Darceta severa
76
Epithisanotia sanctijohannis
77
Erocha leucotelus
78
Erocha mummia
79
Euscirrhopterus poeyi
80
Gerra aelia
81
Gerra sevorsa
82
Neotuerta lycaon
83
Neotuerta sabulosa
84
Seirocastnia tribuna
85
Amphipyrinae
Azenia edentata
86
Catabenoides terminellus
87
Cropia aleuca
88
Cropia cedica
89
Cropia connecta
90
Cropia europs
91
Cropia grandimacula
92
Cropia hadenoides
93
Cropia isidora
94
Cropia minthe
95
Cropia perfusa
96
Cropia phila
97
Cropia philosopha
98
Cropia plumbicincta
99
Cropia rivulosa
100
Cropia submarginalis
101
Dantona stillata
102
Emarginea anna
103
Emarginea combusta
104
Emarginea gammophora
105
Emarginea niphoplaga
106
Emarginea percara
107
Leucosigma albimixta
108
Leucosigma chloe
109
Leucosigma poolei
110
Leucosigma reletiva
111
Leucosigma schausi
112
Leucosigma solisae
113
Leucosigma uncifera
114
Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi
115
Neogalea esula
116
Neogalea sunia
117
Nephelistis differens
118
Nephelistis noctivaga
119
Nephelistis spadix
120
Nephelistis stellans
121
Nephelistis vellerea
122
Paratrachea celestina
123
Paratrachea laches
124
Paratrachea lineata
125
Paratrachea viridipicta
126
Polionycta attina
127
Satrapodes dosca
128
Bagisarinae
Amyna amplificans
129
Amyna axis
130
Amyna stricta
131
Amyna tristis
132
Bagisara albicosta
133
Bagisara avangareza
134
Bagisara demura
135
Bagisara laverna
136
Bagisara pacifica
137
Bagisara repanda
138
Bagisara tristicta
139
Concana hoshea
140
Concana intricata
141
Concana lecta
142
Concana lepida
143
Concana magnetica
144
Concana mundissima
145
Concana permixta
146
Diopa corone
147
Diopa creta
148
Diopa furcula
149
Encruphion leena
150
Encruphion porrima
151
Encruphion xanthotricha
152
Parangitia atys
153
Parangitia chlorosticta
154
Parangitia circumcincta
155
Parangitia corma
156
Parangitia diaperas
157
Parangitia grisescens
158
Parangitia guanacaste
159
Parangitia subrufescens
160
Parangitia temperata
161
Prasinopyra metaleuca
162
Vespola caeruleifera
163
Vespola plumipes
164
Condicinae
Condica abida
165
Condica albigera
166
Condica albolabes
167
Condica circuita
168
Condica concisa
169
Condica cupienta
170
Condica funerea
171
Condica hippia
172
Condica hypocritica
173
Condica imitata
174
Condica micrippia
175
Condica mimica
176
Condica mobilis
177
Condica pagetophagus
178
Condica parista
179
Condica roxana
180
Condica samula
181
Condica selenosa
182
Condica sutor
183
Condica vacillans
184
Diastema cnossia
185
Diastema morata
186
Diastema tigris
187
Hemicephalis agenoria
188
Hemicephalis alesa
189
Hemicephalis characteria
190
Hemicephalis grandirena
191
Hemicephalis laronia
192
Hemicephalis paulina
193
Hemicephalis rufipes
194
Homophoberia apicosa
195
Leuconycta poasina
196
Leuconycta saniva
197
Micrathetis dasarada
198
Micrathetis tecnion
199
Micrathetis triplex
200
Ogdoconta cymographa
201
Ogdoconta pulverulenta
202
Ogdoconta pulvilinea
203
Perigea aeruginosa
204
Perigea agnonia
205
Perigea berinda
206
Perigea drusilla
207
Perigea glaucoptera
208
Perigea ignitincta
209
Perigea illicita
210
Perigea kalma
211
Perigea leucanioides
212
Perigea lineata
213
Perigea summota
214
Stibaera albisparsata
215
Stibaera costiplaga
216
Stibaera curvilineata
217
Stibaera dentilineata
218
Cuculliinae
Copitarsia decolora
219
Copitarsia incommoda
220
Cucullia costaricensis
221
Dolocucullia buddhae
222
Opsigalea phocylides
223
Cydosiinae
Cydosia curvinella
224
Dyopsinae
Ceroctena amynta
225
Dyops chromatophila
226
Dyops cuprescens
227
Dyops subdifferens
228
Dyops telharsa
229
Litoprosopus confligens
230
Pararcte schneideriana
231
Sosxetra grata
232
Eriopinae
Argyrosticta aurifundens
233
Argyrosticta bellinita
234
Argyrosticta ditissima
235
Argyrosticta eubotes
236
Argyrosticta meres
237
Argyrosticta scione
238
Argyrosticta vauaurea
239
Argyrosticta venatrix
240
Callopistria dapsilis
241
Callopistria fimbripes
242
Callopistria floridensis
243
Callopistria mexicana
244
Callopistria panamensis
245
Eustrotiinae
Cobubatha hippotes
246
Cobubatha numa
247
Deltote costaricana
248
Deltote folium
249
Deltote homopteridia
250
Deltote mella
251
Deltote musta
252
Deltote obliquilinea
253
Deltote olenos
254
Deltote paloma
255
Deltote veternosa
256
Erastroides emarginata
257
Eustrotia merta
258
Eustrotia ora
259
Eustrotia roseoviridis
260
Lithacodia editha
261
Lithacodia jora
262
Marimatha botyoides
263
Marimatha nigrofimbria
264
Marimatha piscimala
265
Marimatha squala
266
Marimatha tripuncta
267
Ozarba agraria
268
Ozarba angulilinea
269
Ozarba bascura
270
Ozarba costata
271
Ozarba geta
272
Ozarba semipotentia
273
Phoenicophanta modestula
274
Tripudia BioLep02
275
Tripudia grapholithoides
276
Tripudia lamina
277
Tripudia limbatus
278
Tripudia ochrocraspis
279
Tripudia quadrifera
280
Tripudia sp.2
281
Tripudia subterminata
282
Hadeninae
Ablita adin
283
Bryogramma sisera
284
Closteromorpha modesta
285
Closteromorpha reniplaga
286
Craterestra lucina
287
Dargida albomarginata
288
Dargida grammivora
289
Dargida juxta
290
Eriopyga adonea
291
Eriopyga aenescens
292
Eriopyga contempta
293
Eriopyga crista
294
Eriopyga ditissima
295
Eriopyga duruscula
296
Eriopyga euchroa
297
Eriopyga euryte
298
Eriopyga evanida
299
Eriopyga fea
300
Eriopyga flavigera
301
Eriopyga fuscescens
302
Eriopyga hyposcota
303
Eriopyga leucocraspis
304
Eriopyga limonis
305
Eriopyga macrolepia
306
Eriopyga mesostigata
307
Eriopyga moesta
308
Eriopyga moneti
309
Eriopyga monilis
310
Eriopyga mucorea
311
Eriopyga nigripars
312
Eriopyga niveipuncta
313
Eriopyga poasina
314
Eriopyga Poole01
315
Eriopyga pyropis
316
Eriopyga renalba
317
Eriopyga rhadata
318
Eriopyga rubricundula
319
Eriopyga rubripuncta
320
Eriopyga tertulia
321
Eriopyga volcania
322
Fracara viridata
323
Hampsonodes aperiens
324
Hampsonodes confisa
325
Hampsonodes dislocata
326
Hampsonodes fuscoma
327
Hampsonodes grandimacula
328
Hampsonodes latifascia
329
Hampsonodes maneti
330
Hampsonodes mastoides
331
Hampsonodes melagona
332
Hampsonodes naevia
333
Hampsonodes orbica
334
Heterochroma amphion
335
Heterochroma bellona
336
Heterochroma beryllus
337
Heterochroma eriopioides
338
Heterochroma exundata
339
Heterochroma fractilinea
340
Heterochroma hypatia
341
Heterochroma ligata
342
Heterochroma lineata
343
Heterochroma luma
344
Heterochroma sarepta
345
Heterochroma singularis
346
Heterodelta nea
347
Hypotrix carneigera
348
Hypotrix carnetincta
349
Hypotrix cirphidia
350
Hypotrix euryte
351
Hypotrix nigripars
352
Leioselia egregia
353
Lepteria viridicosta
354
Leucania dorsalis
355
Leucania humidicola
356
Leucania incognita
357
Leucania inconspicua
358
Leucania infatuans
359
Leucania latiuscula
360
Leucania lobrega
361
Leucania microgonia
362
Leucania microsticha
363
Leucania rhodoptera
364
Leucania sarcistis
365
Leucania senescens
366
Leucania solita
367
Marilopteryx carancahua
368
Marilopteryx lamptera
369
Micromonodes semiluna
370
Miselia plumipes
371
Miselia umbrata
372
Mythimna sequax
373
Mythimna unipuncta
374
Namangana variata
375
Orthodes cachia
376
Orthodes cartagensis
377
Orthodes curvirena
378
Orthodes cynica
379
Orthodes lanaris
380
Orthodes lobata
381
Orthodes lodebar
382
Orthodes majuscula
383
Orthodes turrialba
384
Orthodes vesquesa
385
Pastona nigropuncta
386
Pastona rudis
387
Polia canosticta
388
Polia marea
389
Polia psittacus
390
Stauropides persimilis
391
Tiracola grandirena
392
Tranoses hirtipuncta
393
Trichestra albirena
394
Trichestra mixta
395
Xanthopastis timais
396
Heliothinae
Chloridea subflexa
397
Chloridea virescens
398
Helicoverpa zea
399
Heliocheilus lupatus
400
Micrantha mollita
401
Indeterminiert
Noctuidae Pastona sp.
402
Noctuidae sp.01
403
Noctuidae sp.02
404
Noctuidae sp.03
405
Noctuidae sp.04
406
Noctuidae sp.05
407
Noctuidae sp.06
408
Noctuidae sp.08
409
Noctuidae sp.09
410
Noctuidae sp.10
411
Noctuidae sp.11
412
Noctuidae sp.12 Perigea
413
Noctuidae sp.13
414
Noctuidae sp.14
415
Noctuidae sp.15
416
Noctuidae sp.16
417
Noctuidae sp.17
418
Noctuidae sp.18
419
Noctuidae sp.19
420
Noctuidae sp.20
421
Noctuidae sp.21
422
Noctuidae sp.22
423
Noctuidae sp.23
424
Noctuidae sp.24
425
Noctuidae sp.25
426
Noctuidae sp.26
427
Noctuidae sp.27 Oenoptera
428
Noctuidae sp.28 Noctuini
429
Noctuinae
Agrotis ipsilon
430
Agrotis malefida
431
Anicla beata
432
Anicla ignicans
433
Anicla infecta
434
Anicla ornea
435
Anicla recondita
436
Anicla rodea
437
Dichagyris limenia
438
Euxoa nomima
439
Euxoa sorella
440
Feltia repleta
441
Feltia subterranea
442
Hemieuxoa butleri
443
Hemieuxoa nezia
444
Hemieuxoa rudens
445
Hemieuxoa sp.
446
Hydroeciodes azteca
447
Hydroeciodes cauta
448
Hydroeciodes ritaria
449
Lacinipolia laudabilis
450
Lacinipolia olivacea
451
Lacinipolia rodora
452
Lophomyra commixta
453
Lophomyra tacita
454
Neodroma semidolens
455
Peridroma differens
456
Peridroma saucia
457
Phuphena cilix
458
Phuphena multilinea
459
Phuphena proseluta
460
Phuphena tura
461
Phuphena zelotypa
462
Praina cirphioides
463
Praina irazuna
464
Praina molitrix
465
Praina temperata
466
Pseudorthodes iole
467
Speocropia aenyra
468
Speocropia sabrella
469
Spodoptera albula
470
Spodoptera androgea
471
Spodoptera cosmioides
472
Spodoptera dolichos
473
Spodoptera eridania
474
Spodoptera exigua
475
Spodoptera frugiperda
476
Spodoptera latifascia
477
Spodoptera ornithogalli
478
Striacosta albicosta
479
Oncocnemidinae
Antachara denterna
480
Antachara diminuta
481
Antachara mexicana
482
Antachara rotundata
483
Pantheinae
Arctioptera cavillator
484
Charadra deridens
485
Charadra nigracreta
486
Charadra nitens
487
Lichnoptera decora
488
Lichnoptera gulo
489
Lichnoptera pollux
490
Plusiinae
Agrapha meretricia
491
Agrapha nigra
492
Argyrogramma verruca
493
Autoplusia egenoides
494
Chrysodeixis includens
495
Ctenoplusia caudata
496
Ctenoplusia oxygramma
497
Enigmogramma limata
498
Megalographa talamanca
499
Mouralia tinctoides
500
Notioplusia illustrata
501
Rachiplusia ou
502
Trichoplusia ni
503
Stictopterinae
Nagara clara
504
Nagara fenestra
505
Stiriinae
Basilodes aurata
506
Xyleninae
Acroria chloegrapha
507
Acroria niphanda
508
Acroria pulchra
509
Acroria terens
510
Alastria macho
511
Alastria tropicalis
512
Aprica patula
513
Bryolymnia bicon
514
Bryolymnia forreri
515
Bryolymnia marginata
516
Bryolymnia poasia
517
Bryolymnia roma
518
Bryolymnia systera
519
Bryolymnia viridimedia
520
Chytonix cyanochlora
521
Chytonix elegans
522
Chytonix mniochroa
523
Chytonix palliatricula
524
Chytonix pyrrha
525
Chytonix splendens
526
Dypterygia dolens
527
Dypterygia ligata
528
Dypterygia lignaris
529
Dypterygia ordinarius
530
Dypterygia patina
531
Elaphria acaste
532
Elaphria agrotina
533
Elaphria antica
534
Elaphria barbarossa
535
Elaphria callopistrica
536
Elaphria carmioli
537
Elaphria cognata
538
Elaphria cohaerens
539
Elaphria delenifica
540
Elaphria deltoides
541
Elaphria devara
542
Elaphria grata
543
Elaphria hypophaea
544
Elaphria jalapensis
545
Elaphria lucens
546
Elaphria malaca
547
Elaphria marmorata
548
Elaphria medioclara
549
Elaphria monyma
550
Elaphria niveiplaga
551
Elaphria niveopis
552
Elaphria nucicolora
553
Elaphria obscura
554
Elaphria optata
555
Elaphria pallescens
556
Elaphria perigeana
557
Elaphria phlegyas
558
Elaphria pulchra
559
Elaphria renipes
560
Elaphria rubripicta
561
Elaphria subobliqua
562
Elaphria trolia
563
Eumichtis adducta
564
Euplexia triplaga
565
Galgula hippotamada
566
Gonodes echion
567
Gonodes liquida
568
Gonodes netopha
569
Gonodes obliqua
570
Gonodes poole01
571
Magusa divaricata
572
Neophaenis boucheri
573
Neophaenis psittacea
574
Neophaenis respondens
575
Phosphila lacruma
576
Phosphila xylophila
577
Sidemia hipparion
578
Trachea altivolans
579
Trachea nigrescens
580
Trachea Sullivan2020
581
Trachea supera
582
Trachea uscana
583
Trachea viridis
584
Statistics
585 species known
270 species found (46.15%)
1218 photos
378 photos confirmed by iNaturalist (31.03%)
Links
Checklist Noctuidae of Costa Rica
Amerikanische Catocalinae
Amerikanische Herminiinae-Rivulinae-Hypeninae
Amerikanische Plusiinae-Nolinae
Amerikanische Acontiinae-Pantheinae
Amerikanische Acronticinae-Agaristinae
Amerikanische Amphipyrinae
Amerikanische Cuculliinae
Amerikanische Hadeninae
Amerikanische Noctuinae
Amerikanische Heliothinae
Amerikanische Grotellini
MOTHS OF BELIZE - Noctuidae
Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica
Bold-Systems: Erebidae
Checklist Erebidae of Costa Rica
Checklist Arctiidae of Costa Rica
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update: 22.01.2026
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