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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: Acontiinae-Pantheinae
Ponometia binocula
931313  –  9089
© Marcin Roguski
Prairie Bird-dropping Moth
Ponometia binocula
Ponometia candefacta
931314  –  9090
© Gretchen Grammer
Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth
Ponometia candefacta
Ponometia cuta
931318  –  9094
© Jillian Cowles
Ponometia cuta
Ponometia erastrioides
931319  –  9095
© Tom Murray
Small Bird-dropping Moth
Ponometia erastrioides
Ponometia libedis
931320  –  9096
© Charles Melton
Ponometia libedis
Ponometia nannodes
931321  –  9097
© Randy Hardy
Ponometia nannodes
Ponometia phecolisca
931322  –  9098
© Arlene Ripley
Ponometia phecolisca
Ponometia fasciatella
931329  –  9102
© Mark Dreiling - [T]
Ponometia fasciatella
Ponometia fasciatella
931329  –  9102
© Charles Melton
Ponometia fasciatella
Ponometia acutus
931332  –  9105
© Chris Mallory
Ponometia acutus
Ponometia altera
931333  –  9107
© Ethan Kistler
Ponometia altera
Ponometia elegantula
931334  –  9109
© Charles Melton
Arizona Bird-dropping Moth
Ponometia elegantula
Tarache augustipennis
931365  –  9111
© Carol Davis - [T]
Narrow-winged Midget Moth
Tarache augustipennis
Tarache huachuca
931366  –  9113
© Charles Melton
Tarache huachuca
Ponometia exigua
931335  –  9115
© J.N. Dell
Ponometia exigua
Ponometia tripartita
931338  –  9118
© Bob Beaton
Ponometia tripartita
Ponometia sutrix
931339  –  9119
© C. Van Den Broeke
Ponometia sutrix
Tarache idella
931364  –  9120
© Charles Melton
Tarache idella
Spragueia magnifica
931381  –  9121
© Arlene Ripley
Spragueia magnifica
Spragueia dama
931382  –  9122
© Ken Childs
Southern Spragueia Moth
Spragueia dama

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