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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
Ithome concolorella
590344  –  1638
© Terry Harrison LG
final-instar larva in Desmanthus illinoensis ~5mm
Ithome concolorella
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
590587  –  1719
© Beatriz Moisset LG
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Aristotelia arenella
590642.1  –  1729.1
© Nathan C. Taylor LG
on Pomaria jamesii
Aristotelia arenella
Aristotelia ivae
590657  –  1743
© George Smiley LG
Found feeding on Baccharis halimifolia - 11mm
Aristotelia ivae
Recurvaria sp.
590704.95  –  1786.97
© Canadian National Collection LG
Recurvaria sp.
Coleotechnites apicitripunctella
590708  –  1789
© Canadian National Collection LG
Coleotechnites apicitripunctella
Coleotechnites atrupictella
590711  –  1792
© Canadian National Collection LG
Coleotechnites atrupictella
Coleotechnites canusella
590716  –  1797
© Canadian National Collection LG
Coleotechnites canusella
Coleotechnites piceaella
590744  –  1826
© Canadian National Collection LG
Coleotechnites piceaella
Coleotechnites thujaella
590751  –  1832
© Canadian National Collection LG
Coleotechnites thujaella
Exoteleia pinifoliella
590705.75  –  1840
© Canadian National Collection LG
Exoteleia pinifoliella
Arogalea cristifasciella
590693.5  –  1851
© George Smiley LG
8mm on Quercus palustris
Arogalea cristifasciella
Neotelphusa praefixa
590787.71  –  1865
© Canadian National Collection LG
Neotelphusa praefixa
Carpatolechia belangerella
590787.51  –  1869
© Canadian National Collection LG
Carpatolechia belangerella
Pseudotelphusa palliderosacella
590786  –  1873
© Canadian National Collection LG
Pseudotelphusa palliderosacella
Deltophora glandiferella
590680  –  1927
© Canadian National Collection LG
Deltophora glandiferella
Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis
591204  –  1986
© Jason Dombroskie
Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis
Chionodes discoocellella
591006  –  2072
© George Smiley LG
opaque silk shelter on Rumex hastatulus - 6.5mm
Chionodes discoocellella
Chionodes fuscomaculella
590889  –  2079
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus palustris
Chionodes fuscomaculella
Chionodes hibiscella
591016  –  2084
© George Smiley LG
tightly rolled leaf on Hibiscus moscheutos - 10mm
Chionodes hibiscella

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