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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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Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
8901547834 – Ello Sphinx – Erinnyis ello
Erinnyis ello
© Mike Quinn

Erinnyis ello
© Alan Chin-Lee

Erinnyis ello
© Alan Chin-Lee

Erinnyis ello
© Alan Chin-Lee

Erinnyis ello
© Tom Bentley

8901567837 – Obscure Sphinx – Erinnyis obscura
Erinnyis obscura
© Randy Hardy LG
on climbing milkweed
Erinnyis obscura
© Randy Hardy LG

Erinnyis obscura
© Randy Hardy LG
on climbing milkweed
Erinnyis obscura
© Randy Hardy LG

8901607840 – Caicus Sphinx – Phryxus caicus
Phryxus caicus
© Teá Montagna LG
4th Instar
8901617841 – Fig Sphinx – Pachylia ficus
Pachylia ficus
© Leslie Angel LG

Pachylia ficus
© Cat Traylor LG

Pachylia ficus
© Joshua Rose LG

Pachylia ficus
© Joshua Rose LG

Pachylia ficus
© Robert Pilla LG

8901637843 – False-windowed Sphinx – Madoryx pseudothyreus
Madoryx pseudothyreus
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar
Madoryx pseudothyreus
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar
8901667846 – Half-blind Sphinx – Perigonia lusca
Perigonia lusca
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Guettarda
Perigonia lusca
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Guettarda
Perigonia lusca
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd Instar on Guettarda
8901677846.1 – Sagra Sphinx – Eupyrrhoglossum sagra
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar Brown Form on Guettarda
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar Green Form on Guettarda
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra
© Teá Montagna LG
4th Instar on Guettarda
8901687847 – Tantalus Sphinx – Aellopos tantalus
Aellopos tantalus
© Teá Montagna LG
5th Instar on Randia aculeata
Aellopos tantalus
© Teá Montagna LG
4th Instar on Randia aculeata
Aellopos tantalus
© Teá Montagna
1st Instar on Randia aculeata
8901727851 – Mournful Sphinx – Enyo lugubris
Enyo lugubris
© Richard Crook LG

Enyo lugubris
© Richard Crook LG

Enyo lugubris
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
on Blue Mistflower
Enyo lugubris
© Alan Chin-Lee
1st instar
Enyo lugubris
© Alan Chin-Lee
4th instar
Enyo lugubris
© Alan Chin-Lee
5th instar
Enyo lugubris
© Brody J. Thomassen LG

Enyo lugubris
© Brody J. Thomassen LG

890204.37853 – Hummingbird Clearwing – Hemaris thysbe
Hemaris thysbe
© Canadian National Collection LG

Hemaris thysbe
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Hemaris thysbe
© Giff Beaton LG
on Viburnum
Hemaris thysbe
© Tom Murray

Hemaris thysbe
© Tom Murray

Hemaris thysbe
© Howell Curtis

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