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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.
Geometridae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban |
911191 – 6819 – Pale Metanema – Metanema inatomaria |
911156 – 6822 – Ruddy Metarranthis – Metarranthis duaria |
911159 – 6825 – Pale Metarranthis – Metarranthis indeclinata |
![]() © Janice Stiefel 5th instar - 48 days |
911165 – 6829 – Southern Metarranthis – Metarranthis lateritiaria |
911168 – 6832 – Yellow-washed Metarranthis – Metarranthis obfirmaria |
911171 – 6835 – Scallop Moth – Cepphis armataria |
![]() © Janice Stiefel |
911188 – 6836 – American Barred Umber Moth – Plagodis pulveraria |
911183 – 6838 – Friendly Probole – Probole amicaria |
911185 – 6840 – Lemon Plagodis – Plagodis serinaria |
911186 – 6841 – Purple Plagodis – Plagodis kuetzingi |
![]() © Janice Stiefel 5th instar - 41 days ![]() © Janice Stiefel |
911190 – 6844 – Hollow-spotted Plagodis – Plagodis alcoolaria |
911379 – 6847 – Philtraea surcaliforniae |
![]() © Lee A. Shoemaker 1st instar |
911321 – 6862 – Neoterpes graefiaria |
911339 – 6863 – Gray Spruce Looper – Caripeta divisata |
911340 – 6864 – Northern Pine Looper – Caripeta piniata |
911343 – 6866 – Caripeta interalbicans |
911344 – 6867 – Brown Pine Looper – Caripeta angustiorata |
911347 – 6870 – Caripeta pulcherrima |
911352 – 6871 – Neoselenia hilumaria |
911353 – 6875 – Snowia montanaria |
911402 – 6879.1 – Meris alticola |
911360 – 6884 – Straw Besma – Besma endropiaria |
911361 – 6885 – Oak Besma – Besma quercivoraria |
![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie |
911363 – 6887 – Besma sesquilinearia |
911366 – 6888 – Hemlock Looper – Lambdina fiscellaria |
![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie |
911372 – 6894 – Curve-lined Looper – Lambdina fervidaria |
![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie |
911384 – 6898 – Chain-dotted Geometer – Cingilia catenaria |
![]() © Jason Dombroskie |
911393 – 6906 – False Hemlock Looper – Nepytia canosaria |
911395 – 6908 – Pine Conelet Looper – Nepytia semiclusaria |
911396 – 6909 – Nepytia pellucidaria |
![]() © Jason Dombroskie ![]() © Jason Dombroskie |
911285 – 6912 – Sharp-lined Yellow Moth – Sicya macularia |
911288 – 6915 – Sicya morsicaria |
911398 – 6918 – Eucaterva variaria |
![]() © Bob Barber ![]() © Bob Barber on Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) |
911299 – 6933 – Dark-edged Eusarca – Eusarca fundaria |
911306 – 6941 – Confused Eusarca – Eusarca confusaria |
911311 – 6946 – Somatolophia pallescens |
911420 – 6960 – Tetracis hirsutaria |
![]() © Moria Robinson Ceanothus cuneatus, Adenostoma fasciculatum |
911409 – 6963 – Yellow Slant-line – Tetracis crocallata |
![]() © Janice Stiefel 5th instar - 28 days |
911410 – 6964 – White Slant-Line – Tetracis cachexiata |
911408 – 6965 – Snowy Geometer – Eugonobapta nivosaria |
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