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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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Noctuidae (1)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Zale submediana
931037  –  8702
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Pinus resinosa
Zale submediana
Zale duplicata
931038  –  8703
© Canadian National Collection LG
Zale duplicata
Zale helata
931039  –  8704
© Canadian National Collection LG
Zale helata
Zale buchholzi
931041  –  8706
© George Smiley LG
Zale buchholzi
Zale lunifera
931048  –  8713
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus - Oak
Zale lunifera
Zale intenta
931049  –  8713.1
© Teá Montagna LG
3rd instar
Zale intenta
Zale colorado
931051  –  8715
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Zale colorado
Zale unilineata
931052  –  8716
© Canadian National Collection LG
Zale unilineata
Zale horrida
931053  –  8717
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Zale horrida
Zale perculta
931054  –  8718
© Giff Beaton LG
on Climbing fetterbush
Zale perculta
Euparthenos nubilis
931055  –  8719
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Euparthenos nubilis
Allotria elonympha
930962  –  8721
© George Smiley LG
on Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Allotria elonympha
Parallelia bistriaris
930961  –  8727
© Giff Beaton LG
on Beech
Parallelia bistriaris
Euclidia cuspidea
930929  –  8731
© Canadian National Collection LG
Euclidia cuspidea
Caenurgina crassiuscula
930923  –  8738
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
found on Gramineae
Caenurgina crassiuscula
Mocis marcida
930943  –  8744
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Mocis marcida
Mocis texana
930944  –  8745
© McGuire Center LG
Mocis texana
Celiptera frustulum
930940  –  8747
© George Smiley LG
on Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) 51mm
Celiptera frustulum
Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris
930954  –  8762
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris
Spiloloma lunilinea
930760  –  8769
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Spiloloma lunilinea

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