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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
591589.11286Coleophora ledi
Coleophora ledi
© Jason Dombroskie
case
591612.11287Coleophora persimplexella
Coleophora persimplexella
© Jason Dombroskie

591547.11300 – Birch Casebearer – Coleophora comptoniella
Coleophora comptoniella
© Canadian National Collection LG

591592.11301.1Coleophora limosipennella
Coleophora limosipennella
© Claude Pilon

Coleophora limosipennella
© Jason Dombroskie
case
591637.11307 – Apple & Plum Casebearer – Coleophora spinella
Coleophora spinella
© Canadian National Collection LG

591632.11308 – Cigar Casebearer – Coleophora serratella
Coleophora serratella
© Phil Huntley-Franck

Coleophora serratella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Coleophora serratella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Coleophora serratella
© Jason Dombroskie
case
Coleophora serratella
© Jason Dombroskie
case
Coleophora serratella
© Jason Dombroskie

591585.11311 – Larch Casebearer – Coleophora laricella
Coleophora laricella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Coleophora laricella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Coleophora laricella
© Jason Dombroskie
case
Coleophora laricella
© Canadian National Collection LG

591352.551398 – Octagonal Casemaker – Homaledra octagonella
Homaledra octagonella
© Kim Fleming

Homaledra octagonella
© Robert Patterson

Homaledra octagonella
© Troy Bartlett

Homaledra octagonella
© Lisa Ames LG

Homaledra octagonella
© Lisa Ames

5904011515 – Shy Cosmet Moth – Limnaecia phragmitella
Limnaecia phragmitella
© Jason Dombroskie

5904101524Triclonella pergandeella
Triclonella pergandeella
© Karen Chiasson LG
on Desmodium

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