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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
93368311044Abagrotis brunneipennis
Abagrotis brunneipennis
© Canadian National Collection LG

93203611058 – Small Heliothodes – Heliothodes diminutiva
Heliothodes diminutiva
© Canadian National Collection LG

Heliothodes diminutiva
© Canadian National Collection LG

93203711061Baptarma felicita
Baptarma felicita
© Canadian National Collection LG

93203811062 – White-spotted Midget – Eutricopis nexilis
Eutricopis nexilis
© Canadian National Collection LG

93204011063 – Bordered Sallow – Pyrrhia cilisca
Pyrrhia cilisca
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pyrrhia cilisca
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pyrrhia cilisca
© Janice Stiefel

93204111064 – Purple-Lined Sallow – Pyrrhia exprimens
Pyrrhia exprimens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pyrrhia exprimens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pyrrhia exprimens
© Janice Stiefel
4th instar
Pyrrhia exprimens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pyrrhia exprimens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pyrrhia exprimens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pyrrhia exprimens
© Martha Reinhardt
[T]
Pyrrhia exprimens
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Pyrrhia exprimens
© Chris Adam LG

Pyrrhia exprimens
© Jeff Janci LG

93204411067Psectrotarsia hebardi
Psectrotarsia hebardi
© Jeff Hooper
5th instar
Psectrotarsia hebardi
© Jeff Hooper
5th instar
93204511068 – Corn Earworm – Helicoverpa zea
Helicoverpa zea
© Canadian National Collection LG

Helicoverpa zea
© Carroll Rudy

93205511070 – Subflexus Straw Moth – Chloridea subflexa
Chloridea subflexa
© Valerie G. Bugh

93205411071 – Tobacco Budworm – Chloridea virescens
Chloridea virescens
© McGuire Center LG

Chloridea virescens
© McGuire Center LG

Chloridea virescens
© Valerie G. Bugh

Chloridea virescens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Chloridea virescens
© Canadian National Collection LG

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