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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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Geometridae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Macaria fissinotata
910769  –  6348
© Jason Dombroskie
Macaria fissinotata
Macaria multilineata
910772  –  6353
© Giff Beaton LG
on Eastern Red Cedar
Macaria multilineata
Trigrammia quadrinotaria
910693  –  6360
© Karen Chiasson LG
on Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Trigrammia quadrinotaria
Digrammia continuata
910789  –  6362
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Thuya occidentalis
Digrammia continuata
Digrammia cinereola
910796  –  6363.2
© Nicholas Pardikes LG
2nd instar on Juniper
Digrammia cinereola
Digrammia gnophosaria
910822  –  6405
© Ann Hendrickson LG
Fifth instar
Digrammia gnophosaria
Frederickia nigricomma
910824  –  6407
© Ann Hendrickson LG
3rd instar
Frederickia nigricomma
Isturgia dislocaria
910690  –  6419
© Mike Quinn LG
Isturgia dislocaria
Narraga georgiana
910837  –  6420.1
© Giff Beaton LG
on Chrysoma pauciflosculosa
Narraga georgiana
Orthofidonia tinctaria
911043  –  6428
© Canadian National Collection LG
Orthofidonia tinctaria
Neoalcis californiaria
911051  –  6435
© Moria Robinson on Quercus wislizenii, LG
Arctostaphylos manzanita, & Ceanothus cuneatus
Neoalcis californiaria
Ematurga amitaria
911052  –  6436
© Canadian National Collection LG
Ematurga amitaria
Pimaphera sparsaria
911059  –  6442
© George Smiley LG
on Sideroxylon lanuginosum - 29mm
Pimaphera sparsaria
Glenoides texanaria
910839  –  6443
© George Smiley LG
20mm fed on dead Azalea and Sweetgum twigs
Glenoides texanaria
Glena nigricaria
910844  –  6448
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Glena nigricaria
Glena cribrataria
910845  –  6449
© Giff Beaton LG
Glena cribrataria
Stenoporpia mediatra
910857  –  6460
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Stenoporpia mediatra
Stenoporpia pulmonaria
910860  –  6463
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Stenoporpia pulmonaria
Stenoporpia vernata
910862  –  6465
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Stenoporpia vernata
Stenoporpia vernalella
910863  –  6466
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Stenoporpia vernalella

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