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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
3600490475 – Cottonwood Leafminer – Paraleucoptera albella
Paraleucoptera albella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Paraleucoptera albella
© Canadian National Collection LG

3600510478.1Leucoptera coffeella
Leucoptera coffeella
Florida - LG - © James Hayden

3300350517Bucculatrix ivella
Bucculatrix ivella
© George Smiley LG
Pre-pupal larva on Baccharis halimifolia - 6mm
3300800560 – Birch Skeletonizer – Bucculatrix canadensisella
Bucculatrix canadensisella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Bucculatrix canadensisella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Bucculatrix canadensisella
© Jason Dombroskie

Bucculatrix canadensisella
© Jason Dombroskie
Moulting Pads
3300920572 – Murtfeldt's Oak Skeletonizer – Bucculatrix ainsliella
Bucculatrix ainsliella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Bucculatrix ainsliella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Bucculatrix ainsliella
© Canadian National Collection LG

3301730604Caloptilia flavella
Caloptilia flavella
© Canadian National Collection LG

3301750606 – Ash Leaf Cone Roller – Caloptilia fraxinella
Caloptilia fraxinella
© Jason Dombroskie

3301780609 – Cherry Leaf-cone Caterpillar – Caloptilia invariabilis
Caloptilia invariabilis
© Canadian National Collection LG

3302180627Povolnya quercinigrella
Povolnya quercinigrella
© George Smiley LG
folded leaf tip tent of Quercus velutina - 6mm
3301980630 – Sumac Leafblotch Miner – Caloptilia rhoifoliella
Caloptilia rhoifoliella
© George Smiley LG
in a rolled Rhus copallinum leaflet - 7mm
Caloptilia rhoifoliella
© George Smiley LG
in a rolled Rhus copallinum leaflet - 7mm
Caloptilia rhoifoliella
© George Smiley LG
blister type cocoon - 10mm

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