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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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Micros through Tortricidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
0754002413Swammerdamia caesiella
Swammerdamia caesiella
© Canadian National Collection LG
Swammerdamia caesiella
© Canadian National Collection LG
0754252414 – Rufous-tipped Swammerdamia Moth – Swammerdamia pyrella
Swammerdamia pyrella
© Canadian National Collection LG
Swammerdamia pyrella
© Canadian National Collection LG
0755252415.1Wockia asperipunctella
Wockia asperipunctella
© Seabrooke Leckie
0756502420 – American Ermine Moth – Yponomeuta multipunctella
Yponomeuta multipunctella
© Jonathan Burishkin
Yponomeuta multipunctella
© Jonathan Burishkin
0757002421.1 – Apple Ermine Moth – Yponomeuta malinellus
Yponomeuta malinellus
© Lynette Schimming
Yponomeuta malinellus
© Lynette Schimming
0757752423.1 – Spindle Ermine Moth – Yponomeuta cagnagella
Yponomeuta cagnagella
© Carroll Rudy
Yponomeuta cagnagella
© Charley Eiseman
Yponomeuta cagnagella
© Carmen Champagne
Yponomeuta cagnagella
© Carroll Rudy
0758752427 – Pine Needle Sheathminer Moth – Zelleria haimbachi
Zelleria haimbachi
© Canadian National Collection LG
Zelleria haimbachi
© Canadian National Collection LG
0776752490.1Acrolepiopsis heppneri
Acrolepiopsis heppneri
© Terry Harrison
0786002509 – Blackberry Skeletonizer Moth – Schreckensteinia festaliella
Schreckensteinia festaliella
© Henning von Schmeling
Schreckensteinia festaliella
© Henning von Schmeling
Schreckensteinia festaliella
© Henning von Schmeling
Schreckensteinia festaliella
© Henning von Schmeling
Schreckensteinia festaliella
© Henning von Schmeling
0787502513 – Raspberry Crown Borer Moth – Pennisetia marginatum
Pennisetia marginatum
© Phil Huntley-Franck

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