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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.


 32.9:  Geometridae -- 6597-6682                             Refereed by Bob Belmont
  6597 -- The Small Engrailed Moth -- Ectropis crepuscularia
© Robin McLeod
 
© John Davis © Cindy Mead
© Lewis Scharpf
 
© Steve Scott
 
© Larry Line
  6598 -- Porcelain Gray Moth -- Protoboarmia porcelaria
© Larry Line
 
© Robert Patterson © Tom Murray
© Lynette Schimming
 
© David Reed
 
  6599 -- Tulip-tree Beauty Moth -- Epimecis hortaria
© Larry Line
 
© Troy Bartlett © Denise Gaskill

© Bill Dupree
 
© Sheri Bisbee
 
© Jo McGavin
 
  6616 -- White-tipped Black Moth -- Melanchroia chephise
© Alan Chin-Lee
 
© Alan Chin-Lee © George Detrio and Heather Price

© George Detrio and Heather Price

  6618 -- Green-striped Forest Looper Moth -- Melanolophia imitata
Western Distribution
© John Davis
 
Western Distribution
© John Davis
 
Western Distribution
© John Davis
 
  6620 -- Canadian Melanolophia Moth -- Melanolophia canadaria
© David Bree
 
© Robert Patterson   © Steve Nanz
 
© Nolie Schneider
 
© David Silsbee © Robert Patterson  
  6621 -- Signate Melanolophia Moth -- Melanolophia signataria
© David Silsbee
 
© Robert Patterson © David Bree
© Tom Murray
 
© Gordon Harrison
 
© Cindy Mead
  6637 -- Pine Powder Moth -- Eufidonia convergaria
© Janice Stiefel
 
© Janice Stiefel
  6638 -- Powder Moth -- Eufidonia notataria
© Tom Murray
 
© Bob Duncan © David Silsbee
© Jo McGavin
 
© Nolie Schneider
 
  6639 -- Sharp-lined Powder Moth -- Eufidonia discospilata
© Larry Line
 
© Janice Stiefel © Steve Nanz
  6640 -- Peppered Moth -- Biston betularia
© D. Lynn Scott
 
© John Davis
 
© Anthony W. Thomas
© Bob Moul
 
© Larry Line © Ian Kimber - UKmoths 1931
  6642 -- Stiff Cochisea Moth -- Cochisea rigidaria
Western Distribution
© Robert Pearson
 
  6647 -- Sonoma Cochisea Moth -- Cochisea sonomensis
Western Distribution
© Joyce Gross
 
  6651 -- Stout Spanworm Moth -- Lycia ursaria
© Robin McLeod
 
© Cindy Mead © David Silsbee
  6652 -- Woolly Gray Moth -- Lycia ypsilon
[m.] - © Machele White
 
[m.] - © Alan Chin-Lee [f.] - © Randy Newman
  6653 -- Twilight Moth -- Lycia rachelae
© Jo McGavin
 
© Jo McGavin
 
  6654 -- One-spotted Variant Moth -- Hypagyrtis unipunctata
© Larry Line © Mike Boone © Bob Moul
 
© John Davis © Tom Murray
© Janice Stiefel
 
© David Silsbee
 
  6655 -- Esther Variant Moth -- Hypagyrtis esther
© David Silsbee
 
© Tom Murray aberration -- © Jane & John Balaban
 
© Joanne Shuman
 
© Steve Walter © Robert Patterson  
  6656 -- Pine Measuringworm Moth -- Hypagyrtis piniata
© Tom Murray
 
[m.] - © Anthony W. Thomas © Carroll Rudy
 
  6657 -- Brenda's Variant Moth -- Hypagyrtis brendae
© Hershel Raney
 
  6658 -- The Half-wing Moth -- Phigalia titea
© Machele White
 
© Tim Dyson worn melanic - © Dave Pelletier [f.] - © Anthony W. Thomas
© Bob Duncan
 
melanic form - © Bob Duncan © Nolie Schneider
© Tom Murray
 
© Robert Patterson © Tony DiTerlizzi
 
  6659 -- Toothed Phigalia Moth -- Phigalia denticulata
© Robert Patterson
 
© Alan Chin-Lee © Denise Gaskill

© Machele White
 
© Mark Dreiling
 
  6660 -- Small Phigalia Moth -- Phigalia strigataria
© Larry Line
BB: or possibly 6659. Need to....
 
© Larry Line
.... see hindwing to be certain.
© Robert Patterson © Dave Pelletier
  6661 -- Western Phigalia Moth -- Phigalia plumogeraria
Western Distribution
© John Davis
 
Western Distribution
© John Davis
 
  6662 -- Spring Cankerworm Moth -- Paleacrita vernata
© Robert Patterson
 
© Mark Dreiling
 
© Mark Dreiling
 
© Carroll Rudy
 
  6663 -- White-spotted Cankerworm Moth -- Paleacrita merriccata
© Patrick Coin
 
© Larry Line © Robert Patterson
  6665 -- Linden Looper Moth -- Erannis tiliaria
[m.] - © John Himmelman
 
© David Reed
 
[m.] - © Janice Stiefel
[f.] - © Larry Line
 
  6666 -- Bluish Spring Moth -- Lomographa semiclarata
© Steve Nanz
 
© Cindy Mead © Steve Walter © Anthony W. Thomas
  6667 -- White Spring Moth -- Lomographa vestaliata
[north - NB] - © Anthony W. Thomas
 
[south - MD] - © Robert Patterson [south - MD] - © Larry Line

Tony Thomas remarked in surprise that moths from Maryland had wings with pure white undersides, whereas in New Brunswick brown markings served as a distinguishing character. It took peering at another 50 moths before I finally found one with a small amount of brown edging, but it stood out sufficiently to call attention to it being different from the norm in our area. - B.P.

© Nolie Schneider
 
© Jim Kennedy
  6668 -- Gray Spring Moth -- Lomographa glomeraria
© D. Lynn Scott
 
© David Silsbee © Dave Pelletier
  6671 -- Silvery Phrygionis Moth -- Phrygionis argentata
© Jeff Hollenbeck
 
  6672 -- Bordered Fawn Moth -- Sericosema juturnaria
© John Davis
 
  6676 -- Common Wave Moth -- Cabera exanthemata
© Ian Kimber - UKmoths 1956
 
  6677 -- Yellow-dusted Cream Moth -- Cabera erythemaria
© Forest Barnas
 
© D. Lynn Scott © Robin McLeod
  6678 -- Pink-striped Willow Spanworm Moth -- Cabera variolaria
© Robin McLeod
 
© Janice Stiefel
 
  6681 -- Ceanothus Looper Moth -- Eudrepanulatrix rectifascia
Western Distribution
© John Davis
 
Western Distribution
© John Davis
 
  6682 -- Spurred Wave Moth -- Drepanulatrix unicalcararia
Western Distribution
[f.] - © John Davis
 
Western Distribution
[m.] - © John Davis
 




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