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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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Micros through Tortricidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Cameraria ostryarella
330256  –  0832
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cameraria ostryarella
Porphyrosela desmodiella
330366  –  0843
© George Smiley LG
in a leaf blotch under Strophostyles helvola - 4mm
Porphyrosela desmodiella
Porphyrosela minuta
330367  –  0843.1
© Ken Childs LG
on White Clover
Porphyrosela minuta
Agonopterix atrodorsella
590076  –  0864
© Terry Harrison LG
Larval leaf roll on a leaflet of tall coreopsis
Agonopterix atrodorsella
Agonopterix pulvipennella
590079  –  0867
© Canadian National Collection LG
Agonopterix pulvipennella
Agonopterix alstroemeriana
590087  –  0874.1
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Agonopterix alstroemeriana
Agonopterix lecontella
590099  –  0886
© George Smiley LG
Found on a herbaceous legume - 19mm
Agonopterix lecontella
Agonopterix nebulosa
590107  –  0894
© M. J. Hatfield
Agonopterix nebulosa
Agonopterix nervosa
590108  –  0895
© Eric LaGasa & WSDA
Agonopterix nervosa
Depressaria radiella
590136  –  0922
© Canadian National Collection LG
Depressaria radiella
Nites grotella
590157  –  0942
© Canadian National Collection LG
Nites grotella
Nites atrocapitella
590158  –  0943
© Canadian National Collection LG
Nites atrocapitella
Nites betulella
590159  –  0944
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
found on Betula papyrifera
Nites betulella
Machimia tentoriferella
590257  –  0951
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on oak
Machimia tentoriferella
Psilocorsis quercicella
590259  –  0955
© Canadian National Collection LG
Psilocorsis quercicella
Psilocorsis cryptolechiella
590260  –  0956
© Canadian National Collection LG
Psilocorsis cryptolechiella
Psilocorsis reflexella
590261  –  0957
© Canadian National Collection LG
Psilocorsis reflexella
Pyramidobela angelarum
590167  –  0961.1
© Rephah Berg
early instar
Pyramidobela angelarum
Ethmia bipunctella
590193  –  0986
© Canadian National Collection LG
Ethmia bipunctella
Durrantia piperatella
590223  –  1010
© George Smiley LG
Found feeding on Hickory - 20mm
Durrantia piperatella

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