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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 (2)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
93289810271Mamestra configurata
Mamestra configurata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Mamestra configurata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Mamestra configurata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Mamestra configurata
© Canadian National Collection LG

93289910272Mamestra curialis
Mamestra curialis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Mamestra curialis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Mamestra curialis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Mamestra curialis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Mamestra curialis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Mamestra curialis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93286710275 – Stormy Arches – Polia nimbosa
Polia nimbosa
© Canadian National Collection LG

Polia nimbosa
© Chris Adam LG

93286810276 – Cloudy Arches – Polia imbrifera
Polia imbrifera
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Polia imbrifera
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Polia imbrifera
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Polia imbrifera
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Polia imbrifera
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93287110279Polia richardsoni
Polia richardsoni
© Canadian National Collection LG

Polia richardsoni
© Canadian National Collection LG

93287210280 – Purple Arches – Polia purpurissata
Polia purpurissata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Polia purpurissata
© Canadian National Collection LG

Polia purpurissata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Polia purpurissata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Polia purpurissata
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93315910285"Hexorthodes" tuana

© John G. Franclemont CUIC


© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93314610288 – Disparaged Arches – "Orthodes" detracta

© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93280510291 – Fluid Arches – Morrisonia latex
Morrisonia latex
© Betsy Higgins

Morrisonia latex
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93287410292 – Hitched Arches – Melanchra adjuncta
Melanchra adjuncta
© Jason Dombroskie

Melanchra adjuncta
© Bob Moul

Melanchra adjuncta
© Canadian National Collection LG

Melanchra adjuncta
© Canadian National Collection LG

Melanchra adjuncta
© Jason Knight LG
Melanchra adjuncta
© Jason Dombroskie

Melanchra adjuncta
© Martha Reinhardt

Melanchra adjuncta
© Tom Murray

Melanchra adjuncta
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Melanchra adjuncta
© Martha Reinhardt

Melanchra adjuncta
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

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