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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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Notodontidae - Lymantriidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Dahana atripennis
930439  –  8266
© Carol Wolf LG
Dahana atripennis
Lymire edwardsii
930443  –  8270
© Bob Patterson
Lymire edwardsii
Cosmosoma myrodora
930458  –  8280
© Alan Chin-Lee
Cosmosoma myrodora
Syntomeida epilais
930462  –  8284
© McGuire Center LG
Syntomeida epilais
Pseudocharis minima
930463  –  8286
© Alan Chin-Lee
1st instar
Pseudocharis minima
Horama panthalon
930465  –  8287
© Giff Beaton LG
Horama panthalon
Gynaephora rossii
930142  –  8290
© Canadian National Collection LG
Gynaephora rossii
Dasychira tephra
930144  –  8292
© Carol Wolf LG
Dasychira tephra
Dasychira dorsipennata
930145  –  8293
© Canadian National Collection LG
Dasychira dorsipennata
Dasychira vagans
930146  –  8294
© Jessica Durand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Populus tremuloides
Dasychira vagans
Dasychira meridionalis
930150  –  8298
© George Smiley LG
on Salix nigra
Dasychira meridionalis
Dasychira obliquata
930154  –  8302
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Dasychira obliquata
Dasychira plagiata
930156  –  8304
© Canadian National Collection LG
Dasychira plagiata
Dasychira manto
930159  –  8307
© McGuire Center LG
Dasychira manto
Orgyia antiqua
930160  –  8308
© Harvey Schmidt LG
Orgyia antiqua
Orgyia vetusta
930161  –  8309
© Aaron Schusteff LG
Orgyia vetusta
Orgyia pseudotsugata
930164  –  8312
© Bob Barber LG
Orgyia pseudotsugata
Orgyia detrita
930165  –  8313
© Seth Ausubel LG
Orgyia detrita
Orgyia definita
930166  –  8314
© Canadian National Collection LG
Orgyia definita
Orgyia leuschneri
930167  –  8315
© Jason Robert O'Gorman LG
Orgyia leuschneri

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