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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.

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Coleophoridae-Cosmopterigidae
Refereed by Terry Harrison
Glyphidocera sp.
035150  –  1143.97
© Robert Zimlich
Unidentified Glyphidocera Moths
Glyphidocera sp.
Gerdana caritella
035175  –  1144
© Bill Johnson
Gerdana caritella
Blastobasis yuccaecolella
035400  –  1154
© Beatriz Moisset [T]
Blastobasis yuccaecolella
Blastobasis sp.
035425  –  1154.97
© Graham Montgomery
Unidentified Blastobasis Moths
Blastobasis sp.
Hypatopa sp.
035475  –  1156.97
© Mark Dreiling
Unidentified Hypatopa Moths
Hypatopa sp.
Blastobasis floridella
035550  –  1160
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Blastobasis floridella
Blastobasis glandulella
035575  –  1162
© Mark Dreiling
Acorn Moth
Blastobasis glandulella
Blastobasis taurusella
035630  –  1162.3
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Blastobasis taurusella
Blastobasis pulchella
035750  –  1167
© Robert Zimlich
Blastobasis pulchella
Calosima argyrosplendella
035775  –  1168
© Bob Patterson
Calosima argyrosplendella
Asaphocrita aphidiella
035925  –  1171
© Dick Wilson - DNA
Asaphocrita aphidiella
Holcocera chalcofrontella
036050  –  1175
© Dick Wilson - DNA
Holcocera chalcofrontella
Holcocera immaculella
036825  –  1221
© David Reed
Holcocera immaculella
Pigritia sp.
037025  –  1238.97
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Unidentified Pigritia Moths
Pigritia sp.
Blastobasinae sp.
037150  –  1253.98
© Arlene Ripley
Unidentified Blastobasinid Moths
Blastobasinae sp.
Coleophora tiliaefoliella
037225  –  1256
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Coleophora tiliaefoliella
Coleophora atromarginata
037250  –  1257
© John Himmelman
American Pistol Casebearer Moth
Coleophora atromarginata
Coleophora discostriata
037300  –  1259
© Jim Moore - DNA
Coleophora discostriata
Coleophora elaeagnisella
037325  –  1260
© Dennis Profant
Speckled Casebearer Moth
Coleophora elaeagnisella
Coleophora querciella
037350  –  1261
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Coleophora querciella

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