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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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Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Adoneta spinuloides
570086  –  4685
© Troy Bartlett
Adoneta spinuloides
Monoleuca semifascia
570092  –  4691
© Norman & Cheryl Lavers
Monoleuca semifascia
Euclea incisa
570088  –  4696
© Valerie G. Bugh
Euclea incisa
Euclea delphinii
570089  –  4697
© Charles Baxter LG
Euclea delphinii
Parasa chloris
570093  –  4698
© Allan Wilson
Parasa chloris
Parasa indetermina
570094  –  4699
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
Parasa indetermina
Acharia stimulea
570081  –  4700
© Canadian National Collection LG
Acharia stimulea
Dalcerides ingenita
570047  –  4702
(cc) Wendy McCrady
Dalcerides ingenita
Scoparia biplagialis
801369  –  4716
© Tucker J. Cooley LG
Scoparia biplagialis
Eudonia strigalis
801391  –  4738
© George Smiley LG
moss on the side of a Bald Cypress - 12mm
Eudonia strigalis
Elophila obliteralis
801313  –  4755
© Stephen Luk
Elophila obliteralis
Parapoynx maculalis
801318  –  4759
© McGuire Center LG
Parapoynx maculalis
Parapoynx seminealis
801322  –  4763
© McGuire Center LG
Parapoynx seminealis
Xanthophysa psychicalis
801187  –  4879
© Jason Dombroskie
case
Xanthophysa psychicalis
Evergestis rimosalis
801224  –  4898
© Arlene Ripley
Evergestis rimosalis
Munroeodes thalesalis
800694  –  4934
© Giff Beaton LG
on Citharexylum berlandieri
Munroeodes thalesalis
Saucrobotys futilalis
800696  –  4936
© Canadian National Collection LG
Saucrobotys futilalis
Epicorsia oedipodalis
800700  –  4938
© McGuire Center LG
Epicorsia oedipodalis
Perispasta caeculalis
800715  –  4951
© George Smiley LG
on Lonicera sempervirens
Perispasta caeculalis
Anania hortulata
800716  –  4952
© Canadian National Collection LG
Anania hortulata
Anania plectilis
800718  –  4953.1
© George Smiley LG
on Sambucus canadensis - 23mm
Anania plectilis
Anania mysippusalis
800723  –  4957
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on Solidago flexicaulis
Anania mysippusalis
Hahncappsia marculenta
800729  –  4962
© M. J. Hatfield LG
found on Rudbeckia laciniata
Hahncappsia marculenta
Hahncappsia neomarculenta
800730  –  4963
© Bob Cammarata LG
hiding under a thin web of silk
Hahncappsia neomarculenta
Hahncappsia neobliteralis
800732  –  4965
© Darrin O'Brien
on Cardinal Climber (Ipomoea sloteri)
Hahncappsia neobliteralis
Hahncappsia mancalis
800734  –  4967
© Yurika Alexander LG
on Ground cherry leaf
Hahncappsia mancalis
Ecpyrrhorrhoe puralis
800850  –  4973.1
© Dave Funk
Ecpyrrhorrhoe puralis
Achyra rantalis
800742  –  4975
© Canadian National Collection LG
Achyra rantalis
Sitochroa palealis
800752  –  4986.1
© Tom Bentley
Sitochroa palealis
Uresiphita reversalis
800759  –  4992
© Valerie G. Bugh
Uresiphita reversalis
Pyrausta tyralis
800838  –  5069
© George Smiley LG
on Bidens aristosa
Pyrausta tyralis
Udea rubigalis
800877  –  5079
© George Smiley LG
shelter on underside of Prunella vulgaris - 17mm
Udea rubigalis
Lineodes integra
800904  –  5107
© George Smiley LG
rolled up Solanum lycopersicum leaf - 16mm
Lineodes integra
Samea multiplicalis
801099  –  5151
© McGuire Center LG
Samea multiplicalis
Nomophila nearctica
801097  –  5156
© Canadian National Collection LG
Nomophila nearctica
Desmia funeralis
801064  –  5159
© Canadian National Collection LG
Desmia funeralis
Desmia maculalis
801065  –  5160
© George Smiley LG
on Ludwigia alternifolia - 18.5mm
Desmia maculalis
Cydalima perspectalis
800952  –  5199.4
LG - © Bernard Landry
Cydalima perspectalis

800962  –  5216
© George Smiley LG
on Amsonia tabernaemontana
"Diaphania" costata
Palpita flegia
800977  –  5217
© Alan Chin-Lee
Palpita flegia

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