Google
WWW MPG website only

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.

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041

Noctuidae (2)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
93155210012 – Chosen Sallow – Psaphida electilis
Psaphida electilis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Psaphida electilis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Psaphida electilis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93155110013 – Gray Sallow – Psaphida grandis
Psaphida grandis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93155010014 – Roland's Sallow – Psaphida rolandi
Psaphida rolandi
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Psaphida rolandi
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Psaphida rolandi
© Carl Barrentine LG

Psaphida rolandi
© George Smiley LG
29mm on Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)
Psaphida rolandi
© Tom Murray LG

93155310016 – Fawn Sallow – Psaphida styracis
Psaphida styracis
© Teá Montagna LG
5th instar on Quercus ilicifolia
93154810019 – Figure-Eight Sallow – Psaphida resumens
Psaphida resumens
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Psaphida resumens
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Psaphida resumens
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Psaphida resumens
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93155710021 – Grote's Sallow – Copivaleria grotei
Copivaleria grotei
© Canadian National Collection LG

Copivaleria grotei
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Copivaleria grotei
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Copivaleria grotei
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Copivaleria grotei
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93157010022Apsaphida eremna
Apsaphida eremna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Apsaphida eremna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Apsaphida eremna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Apsaphida eremna
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93176510033 – Fine-lined Sallow – Catabena lineolata
Catabena lineolata
© Mark Brown LG

Catabena lineolata
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on Hoary Vervain, Verbena stricta
Catabena lineolata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Catabena lineolata
© Jim Sogaard LG
on verbena
Catabena lineolata
© Jim Sogaard LG
on verbena
93191110055 – Toothed Apharetra Moth – Sympistis dentata
Sympistis dentata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Sympistis dentata
© Canadian National Collection LG

93182110059 – Brown-lined Sallow – Sympistis badistriga
Sympistis badistriga
© Canadian National Collection LG

Sympistis badistriga
© Canadian National Collection LG

Sympistis badistriga
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Sympistis badistriga
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Sympistis badistriga
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041


Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone