Great Smoky Mountains National Park Checklist
Background
This page provides access to a Checklist for the 1,628 lepidopteran species known to occur in the GSMNP. These species include representatives of 58 different families. The taxonomic system used in this Checklist follows that provided on this site for the North American fauna. For further details, visit it here.
Finding a Species
You can either find a particular species using the search function or view all species in a particular family or subfamily. Click on the family name to access its member subfamilies or species. When species are not assigned to a subfamily, they are shown as unplaced.
Errors or Updates
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Great Smoky Checklist
Please note the numbers in red after the family names indicate the number of species.
- 1. Acrolepiidae - (1)
- 2. Acrolophidae - (9)
- 3. Adelidae - (2)
- 4. Amphisbatidae - (4)
- 5. Arctiidae - (48)
- 6. Autostichidae - (1)
- 7. Bombycidae - (2)
- 8. Bucculatricidae - (4)
- 9. Choreutidae - (4)
- 10. Coleophoridae - (3)
- 11. Cosmopterigidae - (8)
- 12. Cossidae - (3)
- 13. Crambidae - (116)
- 14. Drepanidae - (7)
- 15. Elachistidae - (15)
- 16. Erebidae - (181)
- 17. Gelechiidae - (34)
- 18. Geometridae - (221)
- 19. Glyphidoceridae - (3)
- 20. Glyphipterigidae - (2)
- 21. Gracillariidae - (56)
- 22. Heliozelidae - (5)
- 23. Hepialidae - (4)
- 24. Hesperiidae - (41)
- 25. Incurvariidae - (1)
- 26. Lasiocampidae - (7)
- 27. Limacodidae - (20)
- 28. Lycaenidae - (18)
- 29. Lymantriidae - (9)
- 30. Lyonetiidae - (1)
- 31. Megalopygidae - (3)
- 32. Micropterigidae - (1)
- 33. Mimallonidae - (2)
- 34. Nepticulidae - (10)
- 35. Noctuidae - (334)
- 36. Nolidae - (15)
- 37. Notodontidae - (39)
- 38. Nymphalidae - (32)
- 39. Oecophoridae - (11)
- 40. Opostegidae - (1)
- 41. Papilionidae - (6)
- 42. Pieridae - (12)
- 43. Prodoxidae - (3)
- 44. Psychidae - (3)
- 45. Pterophoridae - (10)
- 46. Pyralidae - (100)
- 47. Saturniidae - (13)
- 48. Sesiidae - (16)
- 49. Sphingidae - (30)
- 50. Thyrididae - (3)
- 51. Tineidae - (23)
- 52. Tischeriidae - (8)
- 53. Tortricidae - (109)
- 54. Uraniidae - (2)
- 55. Urodidae - (1)
- 56. Xyloryctidae - (1)
- 57. Yponomeutidae - (8)
- 58. Zygaenidae - (2)