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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
93362110935Parabarrovia keelei
Parabarrovia keelei
© Canadian National Collection LG

93362310935.2Parabarrovia ogilviensis
Parabarrovia ogilviensis
© Canadian National Collection LG

93360210936Xestia tecta
Xestia tecta
© Canadian National Collection LG

93360510939.1Xestia lorezi
Xestia lorezi
© Canadian National Collection LG

93358810942 – Lesser Black-letter Dart – Xestia c-nigrum
Xestia c-nigrum
© Canadian National Collection LG

Xestia c-nigrum
© Canadian National Collection LG

Xestia c-nigrum
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Xestia c-nigrum
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

93358910942.1 – Greater Black-letter Dart – Xestia dolosa
Xestia dolosa
© Betsy Higgins

93357310943 – Norman's Dart – Xestia normanianus
Xestia normanianus
© Canadian National Collection LG

93357210944 – Smith's Dart – Xestia smithii
Xestia smithii
© Canadian National Collection LG

Xestia smithii
© Jason Dombroskie

Xestia smithii
© Canadian National Collection LG

93362910950 – Pink-spotted Dart – Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pseudohermonassa bicarnea
© Betsy Higgins

93360010957Xestia atrata
Xestia atrata
© Canadian National Collection LG

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