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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
Metarranthis lateritiaria
911165  –  6829
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Metarranthis lateritiaria
Metarranthis obfirmaria
911168  –  6832
© Canadian National Collection LG
Metarranthis obfirmaria
Cepphis armataria
911171  –  6835
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cepphis armataria
Plagodis pulveraria
911188  –  6836
© Canadian National Collection LG
Plagodis pulveraria
Probole amicaria
911183  –  6838
© Canadian National Collection LG
Probole amicaria
Plagodis serinaria
911185  –  6840
© Canadian National Collection LG
Plagodis serinaria
Plagodis kuetzingi
911186  –  6841
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar - 41 days
Plagodis kuetzingi
Plagodis alcoolaria
911190  –  6844
© Canadian National Collection LG
Plagodis alcoolaria
Philtraea surcaliforniae
911379  –  6847
© Lee A. Shoemaker
1st instar
Philtraea surcaliforniae
Neoterpes graefiaria
911321  –  6862
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Neoterpes graefiaria
Caripeta divisata
911339  –  6863
© Canadian National Collection LG
Caripeta divisata
Caripeta piniata
911340  –  6864
© Canadian National Collection LG
Caripeta piniata
Caripeta angustiorata
911344  –  6867
© Canadian National Collection LG
Caripeta angustiorata
Caripeta pulcherrima
911347  –  6870
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Caripeta pulcherrima
Neoselenia hilumaria
911352  –  6871
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Neoselenia hilumaria
Snowia montanaria
911353  –  6875
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Snowia montanaria
Meris alticola
911402  –  6879.1
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Meris alticola
Besma endropiaria
911360  –  6884
© Canadian National Collection LG
Besma endropiaria
Besma quercivoraria
911361  –  6885
© Canadian National Collection LG
Besma quercivoraria
Besma sesquilinearia
911363  –  6887
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Besma sesquilinearia
Lambdina fiscellaria
911366  –  6888
© Canadian National Collection LG
Lambdina fiscellaria
Lambdina fervidaria
911372  –  6894
© Jason Dombroskie
Lambdina fervidaria
Cingilia catenaria
911384  –  6898
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cingilia catenaria
Nepytia canosaria
911393  –  6906
© Jim Sogaard LG
From red pine in pine barrens
Nepytia canosaria
Nepytia semiclusaria
911395  –  6908
© George Smiley LG
on Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
Nepytia semiclusaria
Nepytia pellucidaria
911396  –  6909
© Jason Dombroskie
Nepytia pellucidaria
Sicya macularia
911285  –  6912
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Sicya macularia
Sicya morsicaria
911288  –  6915
© Nicky Davis LG
on Juniper Mistletoe - Phoradendron juniperinum
Sicya morsicaria
Eucaterva variaria
911398  –  6918
© Bob Barber
Eucaterva variaria
Eusarca fundaria
911299  –  6933
© George Smiley LG
on Baccharis halimifolia
Eusarca fundaria
Eusarca confusaria
911306  –  6941
© Yurika Alexander LG
Eusarca confusaria
Somatolophia pallescens
911311  –  6946
© Carol Davis LG
Somatolophia pallescens
Tetracis hirsutaria
911420  –  6960
© Moria Robinson
Ceanothus cuneatus, Adenostoma fasciculatum
Tetracis hirsutaria
Tetracis crocallata
911409  –  6963
© Canadian National Collection LG
Tetracis crocallata
Tetracis cachexiata
911410  –  6964
© Canadian National Collection LG
Tetracis cachexiata
Eugonobapta nivosaria
911408  –  6965
© Canadian National Collection LG
Eugonobapta nivosaria
Eutrapela clemataria
911422  –  6966
© Canadian National Collection LG
Eutrapela clemataria
Phyllodonta peccataria
911445  –  6973
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Phyllodonta peccataria
Patalene olyzonaria
911429  –  6974
© McGuire Center LG
Patalene olyzonaria
Prochoerodes lineola
911434  –  6982
© Canadian National Collection LG
Prochoerodes lineola

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