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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
Enaemia subfervens
570034  –  2407
© Mike Quinn LG
on gum Bumelia - Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Enaemia subfervens
Swammerdamia caesiella
360115  –  2413
© Canadian National Collection LG
Swammerdamia caesiella
Swammerdamia pyrella
360116  –  2414
© Canadian National Collection LG
Swammerdamia pyrella
Urodus parvula
450001  –  2415
© Giff Beaton LG
on Persea borbonia, Red Bay
Urodus parvula
Wockia asperipunctella
450002  –  2415.1
© Seabrooke Leckie
Wockia asperipunctella
Yponomeuta multipunctella
360123  –  2420
© Jonathan Burishkin
Yponomeuta multipunctella
Yponomeuta malinellus
360122  –  2421.1
© Lynette Schimming
Yponomeuta malinellus
Yponomeuta cagnagella
360121  –  2423.1
© Carroll Rudy
Yponomeuta cagnagella
Zelleria haimbachi
360129  –  2427
© Canadian National Collection LG
Zelleria haimbachi
Acrolepiopsis incertella
360230  –  2490
© M. J. Hatfield LG
fruit umbel of Carrion flower, Smilax herbacea
Acrolepiopsis incertella
Acrolepiopsis heppneri
360231  –  2490.1
© Terry Harrison
Acrolepiopsis heppneri
Schreckensteinia festaliella
430003  –  2509
© Henning von Schmeling
Schreckensteinia festaliella
Pennisetia marginatum
550057  –  2513
© Phil Huntley-Franck
Pennisetia marginatum
Synanthedon acerni
550095  –  2554
© Canadian National Collection LG
Synanthedon acerni
Synanthedon exitiosa
550124  –  2583
© Marius Aurelian
Synanthedon exitiosa
Synanthedon pini
550126  –  2585
© Canadian National Collection LG
Synanthedon pini
Tebenna silphiella
470034  –  2642
© Carroll Rudy
Tebenna silphiella
Choreutis pariana
470046  –  2650
© Eric LaGasa & WSDA
Choreutis pariana
Choreutis diana
470047  –  2651
© Canadian National Collection LG
Choreutis diana
Prionoxystus robiniae
530029  –  2693
© Machele White
Prionoxystus robiniae

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