A compact alphabetical reference to Ohio’s native, common, and ecologically significant Lepidoptera (Heterocera).

A

Ailanthus Webworm Moth | American Dagger Moth | Armyworm Moth (True Armyworm)

B

Bagworm Moth | Black Witch Moth (rare migrant) | Buck Moth | Banded Tussock Moth

C

Cecropia Moth | Cinnabar Moth (occasional) | Clymene Moth | Codling Moth | Copper Underwing | Cabbage Looper

D

Dark‑eyed Bird‑dropping Moth | Delicate Cycnia | Diamondback Moth (agricultural pest) | Dogbane Sphinx

E

Eight‑spotted Forester | Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth | Elm Spanworm Moth | Eyed Tiger Moth

F

Fall Webworm | Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth | Flannel Moth (Southern Flannel Moth stray) | Five‑spotted Hawkmoth

G

Giant Leopard Moth | Green Cloverworm Moth | Gray Dagger Moth | Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar — invasive)

H

Hummingbird Clearwing | Hickory Horned Devil Moth (Regal Moth) | Herald Moth | Hawk Moth (various Sphingidae)

I

Io Moth | Isabella Tiger Moth (Woolly Bear)

J

Japanese Silk Moth (rare introduction) | Juniper Geometer

L

Luna Moth | Leopard Moth | Large Yellow Underwing (introduced)

M

Milkweed Tussock Moth | Maple Spanworm | Mourning Cloak Moth (moth‑like butterfly caterpillar) | Modest Sphinx

N

Northern Pine Sphinx | Northern Tent Caterpillar Moth | Noctuid Cutworm Moths (various species)

O

Orange‑spotted Tiger Moth | Oak Leafroller Moth | Oleander Hawk Moth (very rare stray)

P

Polyphemus Moth | Promethea Moth | Pandorus Sphinx | Pink‑striped Oakworm Moth | Pepper‑and‑Salt Geometer

R

Rosy Maple Moth | Rustic Sphinx | Red‑humped Caterpillar Moth

S

Snowberry Clearwing | Sphinx Moth (various species) | Salt Marsh Moth | Satin Moth (introduced) | Sycamore Tussock Moth | Spongy Moth (invasive)

T

Tiger Moth (various species) | Tussock Moth (various species) | Tobacco Hornworm Moth | Tulip‑tree Silkmoth

U

Underwing Moth (Catocala spp.) | Unspotted Looper

V

Virginia Creeper Sphinx | Variable Tussock Moth

W

White‑marked Tussock Moth | White‑slant Line Moth | Waved Sphinx | Walnut Caterpillar Moth

Y

Yellow‑collared Scape Moth | Yellow‑striped Armyworm Moth

Z

Zale Moth (various Zale species) | Zebra Conchylodes (occasional stray)