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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
Mompha luciferella
042425  –  1445
© Bill Johnson
Mompha luciferella
Mompha murtfeldtella
042550  –  1448
© Mark Dreiling
Mompha murtfeldtella
Mompha passerella
042625  –  1450
© Tom Murray
Mompha passerella
Mompha rufocristatella
042700  –  1453
© Mark Dreiling
Mompha rufocristatella
Mompha solomoni
042775  –  1454.2
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Mompha solomoni
Mompha stellella
042800  –  1455
© Tom Murray
Mompha stellella
Mompha terminella
042825  –  1456
© J. Merrill Lynch
Mompha terminella
Momphidae n. sp.
042925  –  1458.96
© Mark Dreiling
Undescribed Momphid Moths
Momphidae n. sp.
Momphidae sp.
042950  –  1458.99
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Unidentified Momphid Moths
Momphidae sp.
Blastodacna atra
043050  –  1461.1
© John Lee - [T]
Blastodacna atra
Blastodacna hellerella
043075  –  1461.2
© Janis von Heyking
Blastodacna hellerella
Chrysoclista linneella
043125  –  1463
© Nolie Schneider
Linden Bark-borer Moth
Chrysoclista linneella
Chrysoclista villella
043150  –  1464
© Lynette Schimming
Chrysoclista villella
Haplochrois bipunctella
043175  –  1465
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Haplochrois bipunctella
Euclemensia bassettella
043250  –  1467
© Steve Loftin
Kermes Scale Moth
Euclemensia bassettella
Euclemensia bassettella
043250  –  1467
© Mark Dreiling
Kermes Scale Moth
Euclemensia bassettella
Cosmopterix nitens
043350  –  1469
© Robert Zimlich
Cosmopterix nitens
Cosmopterix molybdina
043400  –  1471
© Lynette Schimming
Cosmopterix molybdina
Cosmopterix pulchrimella
043425  –  1472
© David Reed
Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth
Cosmopterix pulchrimella
Cosmopterix pulchrimella
043425  –  1472
© Carol Wolf
Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth
Cosmopterix pulchrimella

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