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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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Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
8007154951 – Titian Peale's Pyralid Moth – Perispasta caeculalis
Perispasta caeculalis
© George Smiley LG
on Lonicera sempervirens
Perispasta caeculalis
© George Smiley LG
on Lonicera sempervirens
Perispasta caeculalis
© George Smiley LG
on Lonicera sempervirens
Perispasta caeculalis
© George Smiley LG
on Lonicera sempervirens
Perispasta caeculalis
© George Smiley LG
on Lonicera sempervirens
8007164952 – Small Magpie Moth – Anania hortulata
Anania hortulata
© Canadian National Collection LG

8007184953.1Anania plectilis
Anania plectilis
© George Smiley LG
on Sambucus canadensis - 23mm
Anania plectilis
© George Smiley LG
on Sambucus canadensis - 26mm
Anania plectilis
© George Smiley LG
17.5mm
Anania plectilis
© George Smiley LG
12mm
8007234957Anania mysippusalis
Anania mysippusalis
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on Solidago flexicaulis
Anania mysippusalis
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on Solidago flexicaulis
Anania mysippusalis
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on Solidago flexicaulis
Anania mysippusalis
© M. J. Hatfield
on Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Anania mysippusalis
© M. J. Hatfield
on Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Anania mysippusalis
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Anania mysippusalis
© Lynette Schimming LG
on purple aster
Anania mysippusalis
© Lynette Schimming LG
on purple aster
8007294962Hahncappsia marculenta
Hahncappsia marculenta
© M. J. Hatfield LG
found on Rudbeckia laciniata
Hahncappsia marculenta
© M. J. Hatfield LG
found on Rudbeckia laciniata
Hahncappsia marculenta
© M. J. Hatfield LG
found on Rudbeckia laciniata
Hahncappsia marculenta
© George Smiley LG
feeding from a shelter of Ambrosia artemisiifolia
8007304963Hahncappsia neomarculenta
Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Bob Cammarata LG
hiding under a thin web of silk
Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Rob Curtis LG

Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Stephen Cresswell LG

Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Fred Siskind

Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Nancy Kent LG
on Verbesina alternifolia
Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Ashley Bosarge LG
on Verbesina sp.
Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Kim Fleming LG
on Verbesina occidentalis, some under webbing
Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Stephen Cresswell LG

Hahncappsia neomarculenta
© Ashley Bosarge LG
on Verbesina sp.
8007324965Hahncappsia neobliteralis
Hahncappsia neobliteralis
© Darrin O'Brien
on Cardinal Climber (Ipomoea sloteri)
8007344967Hahncappsia mancalis
Hahncappsia mancalis
© Yurika Alexander LG
on Ground cherry leaf
Hahncappsia mancalis
© Yurika Alexander LG
on lambsquarters
8008504973.1Ecpyrrhorrhoe puralis
Ecpyrrhorrhoe puralis
© Dave Funk

Ecpyrrhorrhoe puralis
© Dave Funk

8007424975 – Garden Webworm – Achyra rantalis
Achyra rantalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

8007524986.1 – Greenish-Yellow Sitochroa – Sitochroa palealis
Sitochroa palealis
© Tom Bentley

8007594992 – Genista Broom Moth – Uresiphita reversalis
Uresiphita reversalis
© Valerie G. Bugh

Uresiphita reversalis
© Valerie G. Bugh

Uresiphita reversalis
© Valerie G. Bugh

8008385069 – Coffee-loving Pyrausta – Pyrausta tyralis
Pyrausta tyralis
© George Smiley LG
on Bidens aristosa
Pyrausta tyralis
© George Smiley LG
on Bidens aristosa
Pyrausta tyralis
© Machele White

8008775079 – Celery Leaftier – Udea rubigalis
Udea rubigalis
© George Smiley LG
shelter on underside of Prunella vulgaris - 17mm
Udea rubigalis
© George Smiley LG
shelter on underside of Prunella vulgaris - 17mm
8009045107 – Eggplant Leafroller – Lineodes integra
Lineodes integra
© George Smiley LG
rolled up Solanum lycopersicum leaf - 16mm
Lineodes integra
© George Smiley LG
11mm
8010995151 – Salvinia Stem-Borer – Samea multiplicalis
Samea multiplicalis
© McGuire Center LG

8010975156 – Lucerne Moth – Nomophila nearctica
Nomophila nearctica
© Canadian National Collection LG

Nomophila nearctica
© Canadian National Collection LG

8010645159 – Grape Leaffolder – Desmia funeralis
Desmia funeralis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Desmia funeralis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Desmia funeralis
© Ken Childs LG

Desmia funeralis
© Ken Childs LG

Desmia funeralis
© Ken Childs LG

8010655160Desmia maculalis
Desmia maculalis
© George Smiley LG
on Ludwigia alternifolia - 18.5mm
Desmia maculalis
© George Smiley LG
12mm
8009525199.4 – Box Tree Moth – Cydalima perspectalis
Cydalima perspectalis
LG - © Bernard Landry

Cydalima perspectalis
LG - © Bernard Landry

Cydalima perspectalis
LG - © Bernard Landry

Cydalima perspectalis
LG - © Bernard Landry

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