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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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Noctuidae (1)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9307618770 – Betrothed Underwing – Catocala innubens
Catocala innubens
© George Smiley LG
53mm on Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Catocala innubens
© George Smiley LG
on Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
9307628771 – Penitent Underwing – Catocala piatrix
Catocala piatrix
© Betsy Higgins

Catocala piatrix
© Betsy Higgins

9307648773 – Epione Underwing – Catocala epione
Catocala epione
© George Smiley LG
on Hickory (Carya)
Catocala epione
© Teá Montagna LG
5th instar on Hickory (Carya)
9307668775 – Sweetfern Underwing – Catocala antinympha
Catocala antinympha
© Jason Dombroskie

Catocala antinympha
© Jason Dombroskie

Catocala antinympha
© Canadian National Collection LG

9307688778 – Habilis Underwing – Catocala habilis
Catocala habilis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Catocala habilis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9307778788 – Yellow-gray Underwing – Catocala retecta
Catocala retecta
© Jane & John Balaban LG

Catocala retecta
© Jane & John Balaban LG

9307848795 – Oldwife Underwing – Catocala palaeogama
Catocala palaeogama
© Teá Montagna LG
4th instar on Hickory (Carya)
9307928801 – Ilia Underwing – Catocala ilia
Catocala ilia
© George Smiley LG

Catocala ilia
© L. Wayne Thompson LG

Catocala ilia
© Teá Montagna LG
5th instar on Quercus rubra
Catocala ilia
© Angella Moorehouse LG

Catocala ilia
© Charles Lewallen

Catocala ilia
© Valerie G. Bugh

Catocala ilia
© Valerie G. Bugh

9307938801.1 – Umber Underwing – Catocala umbrosa
Catocala umbrosa
© George Smiley LG
on Oak (Quercus)
Catocala umbrosa
© George Smiley LG
on Oak (Quercus)
9307948802 – Yellow-banded Underwing – Catocala cerogama
Catocala cerogama
© Carl Barrentine LG

Catocala cerogama
© Carl Barrentine LG

Catocala cerogama
© Carl Barrentine LG

Catocala cerogama
© Carl Barrentine LG

Catocala cerogama
© Carl Barrentine LG

9307958803 – White Underwing – Catocala relicta
Catocala relicta
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Populus tremuloides
Catocala relicta
© Canadian National Collection LG

Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
1st instar
Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
1st instar
Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
2nd instar
Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
3rd instar
Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
4th instar
Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
5th instar
Catocala relicta
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Populus tremuloides
Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
pupa
Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
spinning shelter
Catocala relicta
© Carroll Rudy
ventral
Catocala relicta
© Janice Stiefel
27days
9307978805 – Once-married Underwing – Catocala unijuga
Catocala unijuga
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Populus tremuloides
Catocala unijuga
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Populus tremuloides
Catocala unijuga
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Populus tremuloides
9308048817 – Briseis Underwing – Catocala briseis
Catocala briseis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9308148833 – Pink Underwing – Catocala concumbens
Catocala concumbens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Catocala concumbens
© Canadian National Collection LG

9308268840 – Magdalen Underwing – Catocala illecta
Catocala illecta
© George Smiley LG
26mm on Gleditsia triacanthos
9308308844 – Three-staff Underwing – Catocala amestris
Catocala amestris
© Tom Bentley LG

9308328846 – Sordid Underwing – Catocala sordida
Catocala sordida
© Canadian National Collection LG

9308368850 – Herodias Underwing – Catocala herodias
Catocala herodias
© Teá Montagna LG
5th instar on Quercus ilicifolia
9308388852Catocala verrilliana
Catocala verrilliana
© Moria Robinson LG
on Quercus wislizenii
9308438856 – Orb Underwing – Catocala orba
Catocala orba
© George Smiley LG
38mm on Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
Catocala orba
© George Smiley LG
on Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
9308418857 – Ultronia Underwing – Catocala ultronia
Catocala ultronia
© George Smiley LG
on Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
Catocala ultronia
© Teá Montagna LG
5th instar on Prunus serotina
9308458864 – Woody Underwing – Catocala grynea
Catocala grynea
© Betsy Higgins

9308538872 – Clinton's Underwing – Catocala clintonii
Catocala clintonii
© George Smiley LG
on Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
Catocala clintonii
© George Smiley LG
on Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
9308558873 – Similar Underwing – Catocala similis
Catocala similis
© Teá Montagna LG
5th instar on Quercus ilicifolia
9308568874 – Little Underwing – Catocala minuta
Catocala minuta
© George Smiley LG
on Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Catocala minuta
© George Smiley LG
41mm on Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
9308588877 – Connubial Underwing – Catocala connubialis
Catocala connubialis
© George Smiley LG
on Oak (Quercus)
930861.958879.97Catocala sp.
Catocala sp.
© Jason Dombroskie

Catocala sp.
© Jason Dombroskie

9311618880 – Oval Abrostola – Abrostola ovalis
Abrostola ovalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Abrostola ovalis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9311628881 – Spectacled Nettle Moth – Abrostola urentis
Abrostola urentis
© Betsy Higgins

Abrostola urentis
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Abrostola urentis
© Betsy Higgins

Abrostola urentis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Abrostola urentis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Abrostola urentis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9311638882Abrostola parvula
Abrostola parvula
© James Bailey LG

Abrostola parvula
© James Bailey LG

9311678886 – Pink-washed Looper – Enigmogramma basigera
Enigmogramma basigera
© Jeff Hollenbeck

Enigmogramma basigera
© Jeff Hollenbeck

Enigmogramma basigera
© Jeff Hollenbeck

9311688887 – Cabbage Looper – Trichoplusia ni
Trichoplusia ni
© Canadian National Collection LG

Trichoplusia ni
© Ken Childs LG

Trichoplusia ni
© Yurika Alexander LG

Trichoplusia ni
© Jason Dombroskie

Trichoplusia ni
© Jason Dombroskie

Trichoplusia ni
© Canadian National Collection LG

Trichoplusia ni
© Robert Pearson

9311698889 – Sharp-stigma Looper – Ctenoplusia oxygramma
Ctenoplusia oxygramma
© George Smiley LG
on Baccharis halimifolia
9311708890 – Soybean Looper – Chrysodeixis includens
Chrysodeixis includens
© George Smiley LG
on Ipomoea lacunosa
Chrysodeixis includens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Chrysodeixis includens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Chrysodeixis includens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Chrysodeixis includens
© Valerie G. Bugh

Chrysodeixis includens
© Machele White

Chrysodeixis includens
© Ken Childs LG

Chrysodeixis includens
© Ken Childs LG

Chrysodeixis includens
© Ken Childs LG

9311798897 – Green-patched Looper – Diachrysia balluca
Diachrysia balluca
© Canadian National Collection LG

Diachrysia balluca
© Canadian National Collection LG

9311778898 – Unspotted Looper – Allagrapha aerea
Allagrapha aerea
© Canadian National Collection LG

9311848899 – Straight-lined Looper – Pseudeva purpurigera
Pseudeva purpurigera
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pseudeva purpurigera
© Tom Murray

9311878905 – Pink-patched Looper – Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
© Canadian National Collection LG

Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
© Canadian National Collection LG

Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
© Canadian National Collection LG

Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
© Jeff Janci LG

9312098907 – Bilobed Looper – Megalographa biloba
Megalographa biloba
© Canadian National Collection LG

9311918908 – Common Looper – Autographa precationis
Autographa precationis
© Canadian National Collection LG

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