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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 (1)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9304718323 – Common Idia – Idia aemula
Idia aemula
© Canadian National Collection LG

Idia aemula
© Canadian National Collection LG

9304748326 – Rotund Idia – Idia rotundalis
Idia rotundalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9304768328Idia julia
Idia julia
© Canadian National Collection LG

9304828334 – Glossy Black Idia – Idia lubricalis
Idia lubricalis
© Jason Dombroskie

Idia lubricalis
© Jason Dombroskie

Idia lubricalis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Idia lubricalis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9304968349Zanclognatha protumnusalis
Zanclognatha protumnusalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Zanclognatha protumnusalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9305118360 – Bronzy Macrochilo – Macrochilo orciferalis
Macrochilo orciferalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Macrochilo orciferalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9305328381 – Discolored Renia – Renia discoloralis
Renia discoloralis
© George Smiley LG
up from the leaf litter
9305478393 – Ambiguous Moth – Lascoria ambigualis
Lascoria ambigualis
© Giff Beaton LG
on Goldenrod
Lascoria ambigualis
© Giff Beaton LG
on Honeysuckle
Lascoria ambigualis
© George Smiley LG
on dead Sweetgum leaf
Lascoria ambigualis
© George Smiley LG
on dead Sweetgum leaf
9305518397 – Dark-spotted Palthis – Palthis angulalis
Palthis angulalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Palthis angulalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Palthis angulalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Palthis angulalis
© Betsy Higgins

Palthis angulalis
© Betsy Higgins

9305958405Oxycilla tripla
Oxycilla tripla
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Oxycilla tripla
© John G. Franclemont CUIC

9305908411 – Yellow-lined Owlet – Colobochyla interpuncta
Colobochyla interpuncta
© George Smiley LG
on Salix nigra
9306608435Sigela eoides
Sigela eoides
© McGuire Center LG

9305628442 – Baltimore Hypena – Hypena baltimoralis
Hypena baltimoralis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9305648443 – Dimorphic Hypena – Hypena bijugalis
Hypena bijugalis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Hypena bijugalis
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9305658444 – Mottled Hypena – Hypena palparia
Hypena palparia
© Canadian National Collection LG

9305668445 – White-lined Hypena – Hypena abalienalis
Hypena abalienalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9305688447 – Gray-edged Hypena – Hypena madefactalis
Hypena madefactalis
© Howell Curtis

9305758452 – Large Hypena – Hypena edictalis
Hypena edictalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

Hypena edictalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

9305898455Hypena eductalis
Hypena eductalis
© Canadian National Collection LG

930589.18455.1Hypena opulenta
Hypena opulenta
Jim Young LG
- 22mm
Hypena opulenta
Jim Young LG
- 12mm

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