Best Diurnal

First described by Charles Valentine Riley in 1872, the yucca moth is renowned for its obligate, highly specialized pollination mutualism with yucca plants.

The Bella moth is a colorful species native to the southeastern United States, notable for sequestering toxic alkaloids from host plants to deter predators and attract mates.

The Tersa sphinx is a moth prevalent in the Americas, notable for its streamlined wings and larvae that possess prominent eyespots, giving them a snake-like appearance to deter predators.

The Jersey tiger is a strikingly colored moth found across Europe and Asia Minor, noted for its contrasting black and white striped forewings and red hindwings.

The Clymene moth is a North American species noted for its striking, cross-like black pattern on its cream-colored wings, and it flies actively during both day and night.

The painted lichen moth is a small, brightly colored North American species whose striking orange and gray striped larvae exclusively feed on parmelia lichens found on tree trunks.

The bedstraw hawk-moth is a Holarctic species known for its striking olive and pink wing patterns, whose larvae primarily feed on plants in the bedstraw family across northern regions.

The scarlet-winged lichen moth is a North American arctiid recognized by its bright red hindwings, and its larvae feed extensively on lichens growing on the bark of various trees.

The spurge hawk-moth is a Eurasian species notable for its colorful larvae, and it was introduced to North America in the 1960s as a biological control agent for invasive leafy spurge.

The False crocus geometer moth is a North American insect notable for its vivid, uniformly yellow wings, which serve as camouflage against floral backgrounds.

The argent and sable moth (Rheumaptera hastata) is a day-flying geometrid noted for its striking black and white pattern and distribution across northern Europe and North America.

The Nessus sphinx is a diurnal moth found in the Americas, recognized by the distinct yellow bands across its abdomen and its habit of hovering like a hummingbird to feed on nectar.

The small magpie moth (Eurrhypara hortulata) is a widespread European geometrid recognized by its distinctive yellow, black, and white wings and its larvae feeding on nettle.

The broad-bordered bee hawk-moth is a Eurasian diurnal moth notable for its transparent wings and distinctive red belt, making it a highly convincing mimic of bumblebees in flight.

The Hummingbird clearwing is a diurnal moth native to North America, easily identified by its fuzzy olive and burgundy body and hovering, hummingbird-like flight.

The narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth is a Eurasian moth distinguished by its clear wings and brown body bands, which allow it to effectively mimic the appearance of a foraging bumblebee.

The Snowberry clearwing is a North American moth that expertly mimics the appearance and flight patterns of a large bumblebee using its transparent wings.

The coffee clearwing is a widely distributed moth in Asia and Australia, notable for its transparent wings and its status as an agricultural pest that defoliates coffee plantations.

The Oak eggar moth is a large European species notable for the striking sexual dimorphism of its larvae and the daytime hovering flight of its fast-flying males.

The silver y moth (Autographa gamma) is a highly migratory Eurasian insect species noted for the distinct silver y-shaped marking clearly visible on its dark forewings.

The latticed heath moth (Chiasmia clathrata) is a widespread Eurasian geometrid insect, easily identified by the distinct dark latticed or net-like crosslines on its pale wings.

The common heath moth (Ematurga atomaria) is a daytime-flying geometrid widespread across Europe, noted for the extreme geographical color variation of its grey, brown, and white wings.

The western poplar clearwing moth is an insect species whose larvae are known to bore into the trunks of poplar and willow trees across western North America.

The maple callus borer moth is a North American clearwing moth species whose larvae are notable for feeding exclusively on the callus tissue of maple trees.

The dogwood borer moth, described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839, is a clearwing species whose wood-boring larvae infest dogwood and commercial apple trees.

The grapeleaf skeletonizer is a North American moth whose gregarious larvae consume the soft tissue of grape leaves, leaving only the veins and causing significant vineyard damage.

First described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839, the lilac borer moth is a clearwing species whose larvae tunnel through the wood of lilac and ash trees.

Described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875, the lesser peachtree borer moth is a clearwing pest that targets wounds and stressed wood in stone fruit trees.

First described by Thomas Say in 1823, the peachtree borer moth is a destructive clearwing moth whose larvae bore into and damage stone fruit tree trunks.