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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
5700302404Enaemia basistriga
Enaemia basistriga
© Giff Beaton LG
on Sideroxylon
5700322405 – Bumelia Leafworm – Enaemia pupula
Enaemia pupula
© Giff Beaton LG
on Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Enaemia pupula
© Giff Beaton LG
on Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Enaemia pupula
© Giff Beaton LG
on Sideroxylon lanuginosum
5700342407 – Speckled Enaemia – Enaemia subfervens
Enaemia subfervens
© Mike Quinn LG
on gum Bumelia - Sideroxylon lanuginosum
3601152413Swammerdamia caesiella
Swammerdamia caesiella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Swammerdamia caesiella
© Canadian National Collection LG

3601162414 – Rufous-tipped Swammerdamia – Swammerdamia pyrella
Swammerdamia pyrella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Swammerdamia pyrella
© Canadian National Collection LG

4500012415 – Bumelia Webworm – Urodus parvula
Urodus parvula
© Giff Beaton LG
on Persea borbonia, Red Bay
Urodus parvula
© Karen Chiasson LG
on Sweetbay Magnolia
4500022415.1Wockia asperipunctella
Wockia asperipunctella
© Seabrooke Leckie

3601232420 – American Ermine Moth – Yponomeuta multipunctella
Yponomeuta multipunctella
© Jonathan Burishkin

Yponomeuta multipunctella
© Jonathan Burishkin

3601222421.1 – Apple Ermine Moth – Yponomeuta malinellus
Yponomeuta malinellus
© Lynette Schimming

Yponomeuta malinellus
© Lynette Schimming

3601212423.1 – Spindle Ermine Moth – Yponomeuta cagnagella
Yponomeuta cagnagella
© Carroll Rudy

Yponomeuta cagnagella
© Charley Eiseman

Yponomeuta cagnagella
© Carmen Champagne

Yponomeuta cagnagella
© Carroll Rudy

3601292427 – Pine Needle Sheathminer – Zelleria haimbachi
Zelleria haimbachi
© Canadian National Collection LG

Zelleria haimbachi
© Canadian National Collection LG

3602302490 – Carrionflower Moth – Acrolepiopsis incertella
Acrolepiopsis incertella
© M. J. Hatfield LG
fruit umbel of Carrion flower, Smilax herbacea
3602312490.1Acrolepiopsis heppneri
Acrolepiopsis heppneri
© Terry Harrison

4300032509 – Blackberry Skeletonizer – 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

5500572513 – Raspberry Crown Borer – Pennisetia marginatum
Pennisetia marginatum
© Phil Huntley-Franck

5500952554 – Maple Callus Borer – Synanthedon acerni
Synanthedon acerni
© Canadian National Collection LG

5501242583 – Peachtree Borer – Synanthedon exitiosa
Synanthedon exitiosa
© Marius Aurelian

Synanthedon exitiosa
© Marius Aurelian
eclosure
5501262585 – Pitch Mass Borer – Synanthedon pini
Synanthedon pini
© Canadian National Collection LG

Synanthedon pini
© Canadian National Collection LG

4700342642 – Rosinweed Moth – Tebenna silphiella
Tebenna silphiella
© Carroll Rudy

Tebenna silphiella
© Carroll Rudy

4700462650 – Apple Leaf Skeletonizer – Choreutis pariana
Choreutis pariana
© Eric LaGasa & WSDA

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