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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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Geometridae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9103767201 – Chevron Moth – Eulithis testata
Eulithis testata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Eulithis testata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Eulithis testata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9103817206 – White Eulithis – Eulithis explanata
Eulithis explanata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Eulithis explanata
© Canadian National Collection LG

9103937217 – Juniper Carpet – Thera juniperata
Thera juniperata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Thera juniperata
© Canadian National Collection LG

9104827235 – Black-dashed Hydriomena – Hydriomena divisaria
Hydriomena divisaria
© Canadian National Collection LG

Hydriomena divisaria
© Canadian National Collection LG

9104837236 – Renounced Hydriomena – Hydriomena renunciata
Hydriomena renunciata
© Canadian National Collection LG

9103437292 – Ferguson's Scallop Shell Moth – Rheumaptera prunivorata
Rheumaptera prunivorata
© Jason Dombroskie

Rheumaptera prunivorata
© Martha Reinhardt

Rheumaptera prunivorata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Rheumaptera prunivorata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Rheumaptera prunivorata
© Jason Dombroskie

Rheumaptera prunivorata
© Martha Reinhardt

9103447293 – Spear-Marked Black Moth – Rheumaptera hastata
Rheumaptera hastata
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Betula papyrifera
Rheumaptera hastata
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Betula papyrifera
Rheumaptera hastata
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Betula papyrifera
Rheumaptera hastata
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Betula papyrifera
Rheumaptera hastata
© Canadian National Collection LG

9104067295Archirhoe neomexicana
Archirhoe neomexicana
© Randy Hardy LG
23 mm
Archirhoe neomexicana
© Randy Hardy LG
23 mm
Archirhoe neomexicana
© Randy Hardy LG
13 mm
Archirhoe neomexicana
© Randy Hardy LG
13 mm
9104587307 – White-ribboned Carpet – Mesoleuca ruficillata
Mesoleuca ruficillata
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Rubus idaeus
9104017417 – Somber Carpet – Disclisioprocta stellata
Disclisioprocta stellata
© Ken Childs LG

Disclisioprocta stellata
© Ken Childs LG

Disclisioprocta stellata
© Ken Childs LG

Disclisioprocta stellata
© Ken Childs LG

Disclisioprocta stellata
© Ken Childs LG

Disclisioprocta stellata
© Ken Childs LG

Disclisioprocta stellata
© George Smiley LG
on Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) 24mm
Disclisioprocta stellata
© George Smiley LG
on Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) 24mm
Disclisioprocta stellata
© George Smiley LG
on Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) 31mm

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