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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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Noctuidae (1)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9304718323 – Common Idia – Idia aemula
Idia aemula
© Canadian National Collection LG

Idia aemula
© Canadian National Collection LG

9304748326 – Rotund Idia – Idia rotundalis
Idia rotundalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9304768328Idia julia
Idia julia
© Canadian National Collection LG

9304828334 – Glossy Black Idia – Idia lubricalis
Idia lubricalis
© Jason Dombroskie

Idia lubricalis
© Jason Dombroskie

Idia lubricalis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Idia lubricalis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9304968349Zanclognatha protumnusalis
Zanclognatha protumnusalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Zanclognatha protumnusalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9305118360 – Bronzy Macrochilo – Macrochilo orciferalis
Macrochilo orciferalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Macrochilo orciferalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9305328381 – Discolored Renia – Renia discoloralis
Renia discoloralis
© George Smiley LG
up from the leaf litter
9305478393 – Ambiguous Moth – Lascoria ambigualis
Lascoria ambigualis
© Giff Beaton LG
on Goldenrod
Lascoria ambigualis
© Giff Beaton LG
on Honeysuckle
Lascoria ambigualis
© George Smiley LG
on dead Sweetgum leaf
Lascoria ambigualis
© George Smiley LG
on dead Sweetgum leaf
9305518397 – Dark-spotted Palthis – Palthis angulalis
Palthis angulalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Palthis angulalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Palthis angulalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Palthis angulalis
© Betsy Higgins

Palthis angulalis
© Betsy Higgins

9305958405Oxycilla tripla
Oxycilla tripla
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Oxycilla tripla
© John G. Franclemont CUIC

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