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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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Noctuidae (2)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9322189668 – Caribbean Armyworm – Spodoptera pulchella
Spodoptera pulchella
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Spodoptera pulchella
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

9322199669 – Yellow-striped Armyworm – Spodoptera ornithogalli
Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Howell Curtis

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Valerie G. Bugh

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Bob Moul

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Valerie G. Bugh

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Lynette Schimming

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Ken Childs LG

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Ken Childs LG

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Betsy Higgins

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Betsy Higgins

Spodoptera ornithogalli
© Betsy Higgins

9322209670 – Velvet Armyworm – Spodoptera latifascia
Spodoptera latifascia
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera latifascia
© McGuire Center LG

9322239672 – Southern Armyworm – Spodoptera eridania
Spodoptera eridania
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera eridania
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera eridania
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera eridania
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera eridania
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera eridania
© Lee Ruth
middle instar
Spodoptera eridania
© Lee Ruth
middle instar
Spodoptera eridania
© Ken Childs LG

Spodoptera eridania
© Ken Childs LG

Spodoptera eridania
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera eridania
© Valerie G. Bugh

Spodoptera eridania
© Ken Childs LG

9322249673 – Gray-streaked Armyworm Moth – Spodoptera albula
Spodoptera albula
© McGuire Center LG

Spodoptera albula
© McGuire Center LG

9322259675Elaphria fuscimacula
Elaphria fuscimacula
© McGuire Center LG

9322269676 – Sugarcane Midget – Elaphria nucicolora
Elaphria nucicolora
© Yurika Alexander LG

Elaphria nucicolora
© Yurika Alexander LG

Elaphria nucicolora
© Yurika Alexander LG

9322289678 – Variegated Midget – Elaphria versicolor
Elaphria versicolor
© Ken Childs LG

Elaphria versicolor
© McGuire Center LG

Elaphria versicolor
© Canadian National Collection LG

Elaphria versicolor
© Giff Beaton LG
on Persimmon
Elaphria versicolor
© Chris Adam

Elaphria versicolor
© Jason Dombroskie

9322309679 – Chalcedony Midget – Elaphria chalcedonia
Elaphria chalcedonia
© McGuire Center LG

Elaphria chalcedonia
© McGuire Center LG

Elaphria chalcedonia
© McGuire Center LG

Elaphria chalcedonia
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Elaphria chalcedonia
© George Smiley LG
25mm
9322339681 – Festive Midget – Elaphria festivoides
Elaphria festivoides
© George Smiley LG

9322349681.1 – Pale-winged Midget – Elaphria alapallida
Elaphria alapallida
© Canadian National Collection LG

Elaphria alapallida
© Canadian National Collection LG

9322469686 – Half-banded Bryolymnia – Bryolymnia semifascia
Bryolymnia semifascia
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

932224.59688 – Wedgling Moth – Galgula partita
Galgula partita
© Yurika Alexander LG

Galgula partita
© Lisa Reid LG

Galgula partita
© Dorothy Pugh LG

Galgula partita
© Yurika Alexander LG

Galgula partita
© Yurika Alexander LG

Galgula partita
© Yurika Alexander LG

Galgula partita
© Yurika Alexander LG

Galgula partita
© Carol Rittiman LG
Galgula partita
© John G. Franclemont CUIC

9319869689 – Red Groundling Moth – Perigea xanthioides
Perigea xanthioides
© Giff Beaton LG
on iron weed
Perigea xanthioides
© Angella Moorehouse LG

9319899690 – White-dotted Groundling Moth – Condica videns
Condica videns
© Ken Childs LG

Condica videns
© Seth Ausubel LG

Condica videns
© George Smiley LG
on Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) 24mm
Condica videns
© George Smiley LG
on Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) 31mm
9319959696 – Dusky Groundling Moth – Condica vecors
Condica vecors
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Condica vecors
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Condica vecors
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Condica vecors
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Condica vecors
© Angella Moorehouse LG

Condica vecors
© Giff Beaton LG
on Dog Fennel
9320029702Condica albigera
Condica albigera
© Bob Beatson LG

Condica albigera
© Bob Beatson LG

Condica albigera
© Giff Beaton LG
Host Ampelopsis
9320189720 – Common Pinkband Moth – Ogdoconta cinereola
Ogdoconta cinereola
© Canadian National Collection LG

Ogdoconta cinereola
© Canadian National Collection LG

Ogdoconta cinereola
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Ogdoconta cinereola
© Karen Chiasson LG
on Sunflower (Helianthus).
Ogdoconta cinereola
© Karen Chiasson LG
on Sunflower (Helianthus).
Ogdoconta cinereola
© Karen Chiasson LG

9316659758Lineostriastiria hachita
Lineostriastiria hachita
© Bob Barber

9316819766 – Goldenrod Stowaway Moth – Cirrhophanus triangulifer
Cirrhophanus triangulifer
© Giff Beaton LG
on Bidens polylepis
Cirrhophanus triangulifer
© Giff Beaton LG
on Bidens polylepis
Cirrhophanus triangulifer
© McGuire Center LG

Cirrhophanus triangulifer
© George Smiley LG
on Bidens aristosa
Cirrhophanus triangulifer
© George Smiley LG
on Bidens aristosa
Cirrhophanus triangulifer
© George Smiley LG
on Bidens aristosa

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