| A list of the conservative micro moths of the Chicago Wilderness Region. Compiled in May, 2006 by Ron Panzer, Karl Gnaedinger and George Derkovitz, Northestern Illinois University, Chicago, IL. |
| ORDER, Family, Subfamily, Species |
Authors |
Host plants |
CW rarity coefficients |
CW status |
Regional status |
| LEPIDOPTERA (moths) |
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| Acrolepiidae |
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| Acrolepiopsis leucosia |
Meyr. |
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3 |
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| Choreutidae |
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| Choreutinae |
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| Prochoreutis inflatella |
(Clemens) |
Scutellaria |
3 |
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| Tebenna silphiella |
(Grote) |
Silphium, Parthenium |
3 |
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| Cochylidae |
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| Aethes spartinana |
Barnes & McD. |
Spartina |
3 |
|
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| Aethes bomonana (Image) |
(Kearfott) |
|
4 |
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| Hysterosia louisiana |
Busck |
|
3 |
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| Cosmopterigidae |
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| Cosmopteriginae |
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| Triclonella determinatella |
(Zeller) |
|
4 |
T |
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| Gelechiidae |
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| Gelechiinae |
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| Aristotelia elegantella |
(Chambers) |
|
4 |
SC |
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| Coleotechnites eryngiella (image) |
(Bottimer) |
Eryngium yuccifolium |
3 |
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| Stegasta bosquella |
(Chambers) |
Cassia |
3 |
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| Lyonetidae |
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| Bucculatrix staintonella |
Chambers |
|
3 |
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| Oecophoridae |
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| Depressariinae |
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| Agonopterix canadensis |
(Busck) |
Senecio |
3 |
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| Agonopterix hyperella |
Ely |
Hypericum |
5 |
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| Ethmiinae |
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| Ethmia longimaculella |
(Chambers) |
Lithospermum |
4 |
|
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| Ethmia monticola fuscapedella |
(Williamson) |
Lithospermum |
3 |
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| Pyralidae |
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| Ancylolomiinae |
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| Prionapteryx nebulifera |
Stephens |
Prunus pumila |
5 |
E |
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| Crambinae |
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| Crambus bidens |
Zeller |
|
5 |
E |
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| Crambus girardellus |
Clemens |
Osmunda? |
5 |
E |
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| Crambus murellus |
Dyar |
grasses? |
5 |
E |
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| Crambus unistriatellus |
Packard |
|
5 |
E |
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| Crambus watsonellus |
Klots |
|
4 |
SC |
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| Eoreuma crawfordi |
Klots |
|
3 |
|
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| Epina alleni (image) |
(Fernald) |
|
5 |
E |
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| Haimbachia albescens |
Capps |
|
4 |
|
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| (Haimbachia floridalis) |
Capps |
|
5 |
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| Haimbachia squamulella |
(Zeller) |
|
3 |
SC |
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| Loxocrambus awemensis |
McDunnough |
|
5 |
E |
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| Pediasia abnaki (image) |
(Klots) |
|
5 |
E |
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| Platytes vobisne |
Dyar |
|
2 |
|
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| Thaumatopsis pectinifer |
(Zeller) |
|
4 |
SC |
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| Vaxi auratella |
(Clemens) |
|
1 |
|
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| Vaxi critica |
Forbes |
|
2 |
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| Nymphulinae |
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| Parapoynx allionealis itealis |
(Walker) |
Potamogeton, Nymphaea |
3 |
E |
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| Parapoynx maculalis |
(Clemens) |
Nuphar variegatum |
5 |
E |
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| Pyraustinae |
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| Carectocultus perstrialis |
(Hubner) |
|
5 |
E |
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| Polygrammodes flavidalis |
(Guenee) |
Vernonia root-borer |
1 |
|
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| Pyrausta inveterascalis |
Barnes & McDunn. |
Monarda |
4 |
|
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| Pyrausta laticlavia |
(G. & R.) |
Monarda punctata |
4 |
T |
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| Pyrausta orphisalis |
Walker |
Monarda ?? |
4 |
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| Sitochroa dasconalis |
(Grote) |
Baptisia |
4 |
SC |
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| Epipaschiinae |
|
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| Tetralopha baptisiella |
Fernald |
Baptisia |
4 |
T |
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| Peoriinae |
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| Atascosa glareosella |
(Zeller) |
- |
4 |
T |
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| Peoria gemmatella |
(Hulst) |
Spartina ? |
1 |
|
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| Phycitinae |
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| Ambesa laetella |
Grote |
|
5 |
E |
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| Nephopterix basilaris |
Zeller |
Salix |
3 |
|
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| Pyla arenaeola |
Balogh & Wilterding |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
5 |
E |
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| Scotia rubescentella (image) (2) |
Heinr. |
Amorpha |
5 |
T |
|
| Tampa dimediatella |
Ragonot |
|
3 |
|
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| Wakulla carneela |
Barnes & McD. |
|
5 |
|
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| Sesiidae |
|
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| Carmenta anthrasipennis |
(Boisduval) |
Liatris |
3 |
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| Tortricidae |
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| Olethreutinae |
|
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| Ancylis semiovana |
(Zellar) |
Ceanothus |
4 |
|
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| Aterpia approximana |
Guenee |
Lysimachia |
4 |
SC |
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| Eucosma n.s. |
[R.L. Brown] |
Spartina (?), Parthenium (?) |
4 |
SC |
|
| Eucosma albiguttana (image) (2) |
(Zeller) |
Parthenium (?) |
4 |
T |
|
| Eucosma bipunctella (image) |
(Walker) |
Silphium |
2 |
|
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| Eucosma fulminana |
(Walsingham) |
Silphium |
2 |
|
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| Eucosma giganteana (image) |
Riley |
Silphium |
1 |
|
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| Eucosma palabundana |
Heinrich |
|
4 |
T |
|
| Eucosma rusticana |
Kearfott |
|
4 |
SC |
|
| Evora hemidesma |
(Zeller) |
Spirea leaves |
4 |
|
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| Grapholita tristrigana (image) |
(Clemens) |
Baptisea, Lupinus |
5 |
E |
|
| Hystrichophora taleana |
(Grote) |
Amorpha canescens |
5 |
T |
|
| Olethreutes comandrana |
(Clarke) |
Comandra umbellata |
5 |
T |
|
| Olethreutes osmundana |
(Fern) |
Osmunda |
4 |
|
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| Pseudexentera vaccinii |
Miller |
Vacinium, Gaylussacia |
5 |
SC |
|
| Suleima helianthana |
(Riley) |
Helianthus, Coreopsis |
4 |
SC |
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| Zomaria interuptolineana |
(Fernald) |
Gaylussacia, Vaccinium |
5 |
T |
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| Tortricinae |
|
|
|
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| Croesia curvalana |
(Kearfott) |
Vaccinium, Gaylussacia |
5 |
T |
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| Tineoidea |
|
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| Gracillariidae |
|
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| Caloptilia violacella |
(Clemens) |
Desmodium |
3 |
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