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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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Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
8010655160Desmia maculalis
Desmia maculalis
© George Smiley LG
on Ludwigia alternifolia - 18.5mm
Desmia maculalis
© George Smiley LG
12mm
8009525199.4 – Box Tree Moth – Cydalima perspectalis
Cydalima perspectalis
LG - © Bernard Landry

Cydalima perspectalis
LG - © Bernard Landry

Cydalima perspectalis
LG - © Bernard Landry

Cydalima perspectalis
LG - © Bernard Landry

8009625216"Diaphania" costata

© George Smiley LG
on Amsonia tabernaemontana

© George Smiley LG
on Amsonia tabernaemontana
8009775217 – Satin White Palpita – Palpita flegia
Palpita flegia
© Alan Chin-Lee

Palpita flegia
© Alan Chin-Lee

Palpita flegia
© Alan Chin-Lee

8009875226 – Splendid Palpita – Palpita magniferalis
Palpita magniferalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Palpita magniferalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Palpita magniferalis
© George Smiley LG
on Fraxinus pennsylvanica
8009435240Agathodes monstralis
Agathodes monstralis
© McGuire Center LG

8009355243 – Herbivorous Patania – Patania silicalis
Patania silicalis
© George Smiley LG
rolled up Boehmeria cylindrica - 7mm
Patania silicalis
© George Smiley LG
rolled up Boehmeria cylindrica - 14mm
Patania silicalis
© George Smiley LG
rolled up Boehmeria cylindrica - 20mm
Patania silicalis
© George Smiley LG
26mm
Patania silicalis
© George Smiley LG
15mm
Patania silicalis
© Ken Childs LG

Patania silicalis
© Ken Childs LG

Patania silicalis
© Ken Childs LG

8010215244 – Greater Sweetpotato Webworm – Herpetogramma fluctuosalis
Herpetogramma fluctuosalis
© George Smiley LG
on Saururus cernuus
Herpetogramma fluctuosalis
© George Smiley LG
on Saururus cernuus
Herpetogramma fluctuosalis
© George Smiley LG
on Saururus cernuus
8010385267 – Bougainvillea Caterpillar – Asciodes quietalis
Asciodes quietalis
© Machele White

8010445268 – Obscure Psara – Psara obscuralis
Psara obscuralis
© Ken Childs LG
at night on Phytolacca americana
Psara obscuralis
© Ken Childs LG
at night on Phytolacca americana
Psara obscuralis
© George Smiley LG
on Phytolacca americana - 25mm
Psara obscuralis
© George Smiley LG
on Phytolacca americana - 25mm
8010455269Psara dryalis
Psara dryalis
© Randy Hardy LG
on Boerhavia coccinea
Psara dryalis
© Randy Hardy LG
Prepupal - 23 mm
8010235275 – Bold-feathered Grass Moth – Herpetogramma pertextalis
Herpetogramma pertextalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Herpetogramma pertextalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Herpetogramma pertextalis
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Acer saccharum
8010275277 – Zigzag Herpetogramma – Herpetogramma thestealis
Herpetogramma thestealis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Herpetogramma thestealis
© Canadian National Collection LG

8010145282Cryptobotys zoilusalis
Cryptobotys zoilusalis
© McGuire Center LG

8015655355 – Common Grass-veneer – Crambus praefectellus
Crambus praefectellus
© McGuire Center LG

8014995422Microcrambus minor
Microcrambus minor
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - pupa and cocoon

8015285450 – Graceful Grass-veneer – Parapediasia decorellus
Parapediasia decorellus
© Anita Gould

8006885531 – Southern Hayworm – Hypsopygia nostralis
Hypsopygia nostralis
© McGuire Center LG

8000355571 – Drab Condylolomia – Condylolomia participialis
Condylolomia participialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Condylolomia participialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - first-instar

8006195577Epipaschia superatalis
Epipaschia superatalis
© Troy Bartlett LG
on Toxicodendron radicans
Epipaschia superatalis
© Troy Bartlett LG
on Toxicodendron radicans
Epipaschia superatalis
© Troy Bartlett LG
on Toxicodendron radicans-20mm
Epipaschia superatalis
© George Smiley LG
on Toxicodendron radicans -16mm
Epipaschia superatalis
© George Smiley LG
on Toxicodendron radicans - 25mm
Epipaschia superatalis
© Troy Bartlett LG
on Toxicodendron radicans - prepupal - 20mm
Epipaschia superatalis
© George Smiley LG
on Toxicodendron radicans - prepupal - 20mm
Epipaschia superatalis
© Troy Bartlett LG

Epipaschia superatalis
© George Smiley LG
10mm

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