Moth Photographers Group -- Living Moths 23

	Digital Guide to Moth Identification
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.

23: Pre-Pyralid Families -- 3864-4702

4624 -- Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth -- Harrisina americana

4627 -- Upright Acoloithus Moth -- Acoloithus rectarius

4629 -- Clemens' False Skeletonizer Moth -- Acoloithus falsarius

4639 -- Orange-patched Smoky Moth -- Pyromorpha dimidiata

4642 -- Yellow Flannel Moth -- Lagoa pyxidifera

4643 -- Florida Flannel Moth -- Lagoa Lacyi

4644 -- Black-waved [Crinkled] Flannel Moth -- Lagoa crispata

4647 -- Southern Flannel Moth -- Megalopyge opercularis

4648W -- Mesquite Stinger Moth -- Norape tenera

4650 -- White Flannel Moth -- Norape ovina

[T] - © Lewis Scharpf

4652 -- Early Button Slug Moth -- Tortricidia testacea

4653 -- Red-crossed Button Slug Moth -- Tortricidia pallida

In Dave Wagner's fine Caterpillars of Eastern North America, p.32, he states: "..... there are no adult characters (including genitalia) that can be used to reliably separate the adults of the Red-crossed Button Slug from those of the Abbreviated Button Slug." He goes on to suggest that the two may not be distinct species. The pale to relatively unmarked forms are here grouped under pallida as a matter of convenience.

4654 -- Abbreviated Button Slug Moth -- Tortricidia flexuosa

4659 -- Jeweled Tailed Slug Moth -- Packardia geminata

4661 -- Elegant Tailed Slug Moth -- Packardia elegans

4664 -- Graceful Slug Moth -- Lithacodes gracea

This species is considered by some to be a southern form of 4665 - Lithacodes fasciola. They might represent a species complex.

4665 -- Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth -- Lithacodes fasciola

4667 -- Yellow-collared Slug Moth -- Apoda y-inversum

4668 -- Rectilinea Slug Moth -- Apoda rectilinea

4669 -- Shagreened Slug Moth -- Apoda buguttata

4671 -- Skiff Moth -- Prolimacodes badia

4673 -- Packard's White Flannel Moth -- Alarodia slossoniae

4674W -- Ocotillo Slug Moth -- Cryptophobetron oropeso

4675 -- Spun Glass Slug Moth -- Isochaetes beutenmuelleri

4677 -- Hag [Monkey Slug] Moth -- Phobetron pithecium

4679 -- Nason's Slug Moth -- Natada nasoni

4681 -- Crowned Slug Moth -- Isa textula

4691 -- Pin-striped Vermilion Slug Moth -- Monoleuca semifascia

4697 -- Spiny Oak-slug Moth -- Euclea delphinii

4698 -- Smaller Parasa Moth -- Parasa chloris

4700 -- Saddleback Caterpillar Moth -- Acharia [Sibine] stimulea

4701 -- Planthopper Parasite Moth -- Fulgoraecia exigua

4701.99 -- Possibly a Zygaenidae -- Can You Name It/Them?

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Files/Live/Living23.shtml -- 01/27/2005