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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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Noctuidae: Herminiinae-Rivulinae-Hypeninae
Idia americalis
930469  –  8322
© John Davis
American Idia Moth
Idia americalis
Idia aemula
930471  –  8323
© David Reed
Common Idia Moth
Idia aemula
Idia majoralis
930470  –  8324
© Mark Dreiling
Greater Idia Moth
Idia majoralis
Idia rotundalis
930474  –  8326
© Nolie Schneider
Rotund Idia Moth
Idia rotundalis
Idia forbesii
930475  –  8327
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Idia forbesii
Idia julia
930476  –  8328
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Idia julia
Idia diminuendis
930477  –  8329
© Carol Wolf
Orange-spotted Idia Moth
Idia diminuendis
Idia scobialis
930478  –  8330
© Bo Zaremba
Smoky Idia Moth
Idia scobialis
Idia laurentii
930479  –  8331
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Idia laurentii
Idia terrebralis
930480  –  8332
© Hugh McGuinness
Idia terrebralis
Idia denticulalis
930481  –  8333
© Audrey Hoff
Toothed Idia Moth
Idia denticulalis
Idia lubricalis
930482  –  8334
© Nolie Schneider
Glossy Black Idia Moth
Idia lubricalis
Idia occidentalis
930483  –  8334.1
© Charles Melton - [T]
Idia occidentalis
Idia parvulalis
930484  –  8335
© Charles Melton
Idia parvulalis
Phalaenophana pyramusalis
930487  –  8338
© Tom Murray
Dark-banded Owlet Moth
Phalaenophana pyramusalis
Simplicia cornicalis
930504  –  8339.1
© Carol Wolf
Simplicia cornicalis
Zanclognatha lituralis
930489  –  8340
© John Maxwell
Lettered Zanclognatha Moth
Zanclognatha lituralis
Zanclognatha theralis
930490  –  8341
© J. Merrill Lynch
Zanclognatha theralis
Zanclognatha laevigata
930492  –  8345
© Jo McGavin
Variable Zanclognatha Moth
Zanclognatha laevigata
Zanclognatha atrilineella
930493  –  8346
© Gary Phillips
Zanclognatha atrilineella

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