Aquatic and Semiaquatic Lepidoptera (Moths) of Michigan

The Aquatic Lepidoptera of Michigan is a project in its infancy: at this time the purpose of this page is a placeholder for the aquatic Lepidoptera within the Aquatic Insects of Michigan web project.

Except for a few common species in the family Pyralidae, our knowledge about the distribution of aquatic Lepidoptera in Michigan is limited. This is no doubt due to the unfamiliarilty samplers have for this group, and the difficulty of accessing species-level keys which require adult material (?).

This is an on-going project in its initial phase: please contact the author at the email address in the bottom frame to communicate information regarding additional verified species' records and locations.

Cosmopterigidae

Cosmopteryx Hübner 1825

Limnaecia Stainton 1851

Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851 - Nielson 1998

Nepticulidae (=Stigmellidae)

Stigmella Schrank 1802 (=Nepticula)

Noctuidae (=Phalaenidae)

Archanara Walker 1866

Archanara oblonga (Grote) - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Archanara subflava (Grote) - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Archanara laeta (Morrison) - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Bellura Walker 1865 (=Arzama)

Bellura obliqua (Walker) - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Bellura densa (Walker) - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Bellura gortynoides Walker - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Neoerastria McDunnough, 1937

Neoerastria caduca (Grote) - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Oligia Hübner 1821

Oligia diversicolor (Morrison) - IL, IN

Simyra Ochsenheimer 1816

Simyra henrici (Grote) - widespread

Pyralidae

Acentria Stephens, 1829 (Subfamily Schoenobiinae)

Acentria nivea (Olivier), 1791 Phalaena - WI, eastern NA (e. European introduction; adult female spends adult life in water)

Chilo Zincken 1817 (Subfamily Crambinae)

Chilo plejadellus Zincken, 1821 - Nielson 1998

Donacaula Meyrick, 1890 (=Schoenobius) (Subfamily Schoenobiinae)

Donacaula melinellus (Clemens), 1860 Schoenobius - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Donacaula sordidella (Zincken), 1821 Chilo - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Eoparargyractis Lange, 1956 (Subfamily Nymphulinae, Tribe Argyactini)

Eoparargyractis plevie Dyar 1917 Elophila - Nielson 1998

Munroessa Lange, 1956 (Subfamily Nymphulinae, Tribe Nymphulini)

Munroessa icciusalis (Walker), 1859 Leucochroma - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Munroessa gyralis serralinealis (Barnes and Benjamin), 1924 Hydrocampa - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Neocataclysta Lange 1956 (Subfamily Nymphulinae, Tribe Nymphulini)

Neocataclysta magnificalis (Hübner), 1796 Pyralis - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Nymphula Schrank, 1802 (=Hydrocampa) (Subfamily Nymphulinae, Tribe Nymphulini)

Nymphula ekthlipsis (Grote), 1876 Hydrocampa - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Occidentalia Dyar and Heinrich, 1927 (=Acigona)(Subfamily Crambinae)

Occidentalia comptulatalis (Hulst), 1886 Crambus - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Ostrinia Hübner, 1825 (=Pyrausta) (Subfamily Pyraustinae)

Ostrinia penitalis (Grote), 1876 - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Parapoynx Hübner, 1825 (=Paraponyx) (Subfamily Nymphulinae, Tribe Nymphulini)

Parapoynx allionealis (Walker), 1859 Paraponyx [sic] - Nielson 1998
Parapoynx badiusalis (Walker), 1859 Cymoriza - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Parapoynx curviferalis (Walker), 1866 Oligostigma - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Parapoynx maculalis (Clemens), 1860 Sironia - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Parapoynx obscuralis (Grote), 1881 Oligostigma - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Petrophila Guilding, 1830 (=Parargyractis) (Subfamily Nymphulinae, Tribe Argyactini)

Petrophila bifascialis (Robinson), 1869 Cataclysta - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Petrophila fulicalis (Clemens), 1860 Cataclysta - McCafferty and Minno 1979
Petrophila canadensis (Munroe), 1972 Parargyractis - Nielson 1998

Synclita Lederer, 1863 (Subfamily Nymphulinae, Tribe Nymphulini)

Synclita obliteralis (Walker), 1859 Isopteryx - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Thopeutis Hübner, 1818 (Subfamily Crambinae)

Thopeutis forbesellus (Fernald), 1896 Chilo - McCafferty and Minno 1979

Tortricidae

Archips Hübner 1822 (=Choristoneura)

References

Lange WH. 1996. Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera, pp. 387-398 in Merritt RW, Cummins KW, An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America, 3rd Edition. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.: Dubuque, Iowa. xiii + 862 p.
McCafferty WP, Minno MC. 1979. The aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera of Indiana and adjacent areas. The Great Lakes Entomologist 12(4):179-187.
Nielsen MC. 1998. Preliminary List of Michigan Moths: The Microlepidoptera. Newsletter of the Michigan Entomological Society 43(4):1, 4-14.

Page created: September 10, 2003 - Last updated: March 6, 2006 (EB)