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Archived Photos of Living Moths

Please see the page on submitting photos (link above at right). Photos that are identified here are retained for later use on pages like this one and on individual species pages. For photos to be usable here they must be capable of cropping and reduction to fit a square 225 x 225 pixels in size. A different size (300 x 225) will be used for some species that normally pose with the wings fully spread.

Photos are preferred of moths oriented head upward rather than at an angle. Normally, four photos, each by a different photographer, will be the limit per species. Exceptions might be made for species where there are many morphs, forms and aberrations. Better photos will replace those not as capable of helping to identify the species. There is no guarantee that a photo, once in the archive, will be retained permanently.


 07.2F:  Pre-Tortricid Micros -- 2544-2626
 Sesiidae continued
© Lewis Scharpf
2549 - Dogwood or Pecan Clearwing
Synanthedon scitula
 
© Bob Moul
2552 -- Riley's Clearwing Moth
Synanthedon rileyana
 
© Shane Farrell - UKmoths 373
2553 -- Currant Clearwing Moth
Synanthedon tipuliformis
typical - © Robert Patterson
2554 -- Maple Callus Borer Moth
Synanthedon acerni
© Jackie Lucier
2555 -- Arrowwood Clearwing Moth
Synanthedon fatifera
 
© David Parsons - Bugwood.org
2556 -- Viburnum Borer Moth
Synanthedon virburni
 
© Steve Nash - UKmoths 381
2561 -- Red-belted Clearwing Moth
Synanthedon culiciformis
[f.] - © Robin McLeod
2565 -- Apple Bark Borer Moth
Synanthedon pyri
 
© Carol DiFiori
2566 -- Red-Lined Clearwing Moth
Synanthedon rubrofascia
 
© Sean McCann
2573 -- Florida Oak Gall Moth
Synanthedon sapygaeformis

© John Davis
2576 -- Strawberry Crown Moth
Synanthedon bibionipennis
 
© Bryan Reynolds
2581 -- Buckwheat Borer Moth
Synanthedon polygoni
 
Western Distribution © Hartmut Wisch
2582 -- Sycamore Borer Moth
Paranthrene resplendens
 
[m.] - © Patrick Coin
2583 -- Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon exitiosa
 
[f.] - © Richard Leung
2583 -- Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon exitiosa
© W. Crenshaw - Bugwood.org
2589 -- Ash/Lilac Borer Moth
Podosesia syringae
 
[f.] - © J. Solomon - Bugwood.org
2590 -- Persimmon Borer Moth
Sannina uroceriformis
 
© Stephen Cresswell
2596 -- Eupatorium Borer Moth
Carmenta bassiformis
 
© Bryan Reynolds
2599 -- Clearwing Moth
Carmenta giliae
 
© W. Crenshaw - Bugwood.org
2602W -- Coronopus Borer Moth
Carmenta mimuli
 
[m.] - © Rob Curtis
2608 -- Carmenta Clearwing Moth
Carmenta pyralidiformis
© Sean McCann
2614 -- Texana Clearwing Moth
Carmenta texana
[f.] - © Janice Stiefel
2623 -- Clematis Clearwing Moth
Alcathoe caudata
 
[m.] - © Tom Murray
2623 -- Clematis Clearwing Moth
Alcathoe caudata
 
© Jillian Cowles
2626 -- Burrowbush Borer Moth
Hymenoclea palmii
 
  2626.98W -- Introduced Chamaesphecia spp.


Four species of Chamaesphecia moths have been released as biological control agents, mostly in the western plains states, to help control the weed plant leafy spurge. Other control agents, especially beetles, have proven to be more effective. A good source of information regarding these control agents and programs may be found at Montana War on Weeds. That website has links to many other bio-control organizations.
 

© USDA-APHIS - Bugwood.org
Chamaesphecia crassicornis
 
© USDA-APHIS - Bugwood.org
Chamaesphecia crassicornis
 
© USDA-APHIS - Bugwood.org
Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis
 
© USDA-APHIS - Bugwood.org
Chamaesphecia hungarica
 

Photos credited to Bugwood.Org are from the archives at Sesiidae @ Forestry Images & Bugwood.org
 





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