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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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Notodontidae - Lymantriidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
930087.57985 – Small Heterocampa – Rifargia subrotata
Rifargia subrotata
© Mike Quinn LG

Rifargia subrotata
© George Smiley LG
on Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) 31mm
Rifargia subrotata
© Graham Montgomery LG
On southern hackberry, Celtis laevigata
Rifargia subrotata
© Graham Montgomery LG
On southern hackberry, Celtis laevigata
Rifargia subrotata
© Mark Brown LG

Rifargia subrotata
© Mark Brown LG

930087.557986.1Rifargia occiclina
Rifargia occiclina
© Charles Melton LG
day 20 - 22mm
Rifargia occiclina
© Charles Melton LG
day 10 - 11mm
Rifargia occiclina
© Charles Melton LG
day 5 - 6.5mm
930087.117989Cecrita incongrua
Cecrita incongrua
© Charles Melton LG
day 26 - 29mm
Cecrita incongrua
© Charles Melton LG
day 21 - 20mm
Cecrita incongrua
© Charles Melton LG
day 11 - 10mm
9300827990 – White-blotched Heterocampa – Heterocampa umbrata
Heterocampa umbrata
© Richard Crook LG

930082.17990.1Heterocampa pulverea
Heterocampa pulverea
© Marvin & Jo Smith LG

Heterocampa pulverea
© Bob Barber LG

Heterocampa pulverea
© Leslie Angel LG

Heterocampa pulverea
© James Reben LG

Heterocampa pulverea
© Bob Cammarata LG

Heterocampa pulverea
© Bob Barber LG

Heterocampa pulverea
© Troy Bartlett LG

Heterocampa pulverea
© Leslie Angel LG

Heterocampa pulverea
© Martha Reinhardt

9300837991Heterocampa averna
Heterocampa averna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Heterocampa averna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Heterocampa averna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Heterocampa averna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Heterocampa averna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Heterocampa averna
© Salvador Vitanza LG

Heterocampa averna
© Salvador Vitanza LG

930087.157993Cecrita lunata
Cecrita lunata
© Charles Melton LG
day 22 - 23mm
Cecrita lunata
© Charles Melton LG
day 11 - 9mm
Cecrita lunata
© Charles Melton LG
day 6 - 6mm
930087.167993.1Cecrita plumosa
Cecrita plumosa
© William Geoghegan LG

Cecrita plumosa
© William Geoghegan LG

Cecrita plumosa
© Eric P Shultz LG
20mm on willow
Cecrita plumosa
© Eric P Shultz LG
19mm on willow
Cecrita plumosa
© Eric P Shultz LG
19mm on willow
9300867994 – Saddled Prominent – Cecrita guttivitta
Cecrita guttivitta
© Mike Deep LG

Cecrita guttivitta
© Yurika Alexander LG

Cecrita guttivitta
© Canadian National Collection LG

Cecrita guttivitta
© Blair Scott LG

Cecrita guttivitta
© Troy Bartlett LG

Cecrita guttivitta
© Canadian National Collection LG

Cecrita guttivitta
© Tom Murray LG

Cecrita guttivitta
© Yurika Alexander LG

Cecrita guttivitta
© Yurika Alexander LG

9300877995 – Wavy-Lined Heterocampa – Cecrita biundata
Cecrita biundata
© Yvonne Merriam LG

Cecrita biundata
© Jason Dombroskie

Cecrita biundata
© Troy Bartlett LG

Cecrita biundata
© Bob Barber LG

Cecrita biundata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Cecrita biundata
© Joe Zito LG

Cecrita biundata
© Troy Bartlett LG

Cecrita biundata
© Dan Leeder LG

Cecrita biundata
© Roy Sigafus LG

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