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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
Stenoporpia macdunnoughi
910867  –  6470
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Stenoporpia macdunnoughi
Stenoporpia graciella
910873  –  6476
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Stenoporpia graciella
Exelis pyrolaria
910875  –  6478
© Giff Beaton LG
Host was Persimmon
Exelis pyrolaria
Tornos scolopacinaria
910880  –  6486
© George Smiley LG
Tornos scolopacinaria
Aethalura intertexta
911050  –  6570
© Canadian National Collection LG
Aethalura intertexta
Iridopsis clivinaria
910975  –  6575
© Moria Robinson LG
on Adenostoma fasciculatum
Iridopsis clivinaria
Iridopsis pergracilis
910980  –  6580
© George Smiley LG
on Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Iridopsis pergracilis
Iridopsis vellivolata
910982  –  6582
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Picea mariana
Iridopsis vellivolata
Iridopsis ephyraria
910983  –  6583
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Acer saccharum
Iridopsis ephyraria
Iridopsis humaria
910984  –  6584
© Howell Curtis
Iridopsis humaria
Iridopsis defectaria
910986  –  6586
© Beatriz Moisset LG
on a bramble
Iridopsis defectaria
Iridopsis larvaria
910989  –  6588
© Colin Gillette LG
on Texas Scarlet Quince
Iridopsis larvaria
Anavitrinella addendaria
910993  –  6592
© Travis Cole
Anavitrinella addendaria
Cleora projecta
910996  –  6595
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cleora projecta
Ectropis crepuscularia
910997  –  6597
© Giff Beaton LG
on Sassafras
Ectropis crepuscularia
Protoboarmia porcelaria
910998  –  6598
© Jason Dombroskie
Protoboarmia porcelaria
Epimecis hortaria
910999  –  6599
© Leslie Angel LG
Epimecis hortaria
Prionomelia spododea
911012  –  6613
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Prionomelia spododea
Melanchroia chephise
911015  –  6616
© Karen Anthonisen Finch
Melanchroia chephise
Melanolophia canadaria
911040  –  6620
© Canadian National Collection LG
Melanolophia canadaria

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