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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
Catocala innubens
930761  –  8770
© George Smiley LG
53mm on Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Catocala innubens
Catocala piatrix
930762  –  8771
© Betsy Higgins
Catocala piatrix
Catocala epione
930764  –  8773
© George Smiley LG
on Hickory (Carya)
Catocala epione
Catocala antinympha
930766  –  8775
© Jason Dombroskie
Catocala antinympha
Catocala habilis
930768  –  8778
© Canadian National Collection LG
Catocala habilis
Catocala retecta
930777  –  8788
© Jane & John Balaban LG
Catocala retecta
Catocala palaeogama
930784  –  8795
© Teá Montagna LG
4th instar on Hickory (Carya)
Catocala palaeogama
Catocala ilia
930792  –  8801
© George Smiley LG
Catocala ilia
Catocala umbrosa
930793  –  8801.1
© George Smiley LG
on Oak (Quercus)
Catocala umbrosa
Catocala cerogama
930794  –  8802
© Carl Barrentine LG
Catocala cerogama
Catocala relicta
930795  –  8803
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Populus tremuloides
Catocala relicta
Catocala unijuga
930797  –  8805
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Populus tremuloides
Catocala unijuga
Catocala briseis
930804  –  8817
© Canadian National Collection LG
Catocala briseis
Catocala concumbens
930814  –  8833
© Canadian National Collection LG
Catocala concumbens
Catocala illecta
930826  –  8840
© George Smiley LG
26mm on Gleditsia triacanthos
Catocala illecta
Catocala amestris
930830  –  8844
© Tom Bentley LG
Catocala amestris
Catocala sordida
930832  –  8846
© Canadian National Collection LG
Catocala sordida
Catocala herodias
930836  –  8850
© Teá Montagna LG
5th instar on Quercus ilicifolia
Catocala herodias
Catocala verrilliana
930838  –  8852
© Moria Robinson LG
on Quercus wislizenii
Catocala verrilliana
Catocala orba
930843  –  8856
© George Smiley LG
38mm on Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
Catocala orba

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