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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 ultronia
930841  –  8857
© George Smiley LG
on Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
Catocala ultronia
Catocala grynea
930845  –  8864
© Betsy Higgins
Catocala grynea
Catocala clintonii
930853  –  8872
© George Smiley LG
on Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
Catocala clintonii
Catocala similis
930855  –  8873
© Teá Montagna LG
5th instar on Quercus ilicifolia
Catocala similis
Catocala minuta
930856  –  8874
© George Smiley LG
on Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Catocala minuta
Catocala connubialis
930858  –  8877
© George Smiley LG
on Oak (Quercus)
Catocala connubialis
Catocala sp.
930861.95  –  8879.97
© Jason Dombroskie
Catocala sp.
Abrostola ovalis
931161  –  8880
© Canadian National Collection LG
Abrostola ovalis
Abrostola urentis
931162  –  8881
© Betsy Higgins
Abrostola urentis
Abrostola parvula
931163  –  8882
© James Bailey LG
Abrostola parvula
Enigmogramma basigera
931167  –  8886
© Jeff Hollenbeck
Enigmogramma basigera
Trichoplusia ni
931168  –  8887
© Canadian National Collection LG
Trichoplusia ni
Ctenoplusia oxygramma
931169  –  8889
© George Smiley LG
on Baccharis halimifolia
Ctenoplusia oxygramma
Chrysodeixis includens
931170  –  8890
© George Smiley LG
on Ipomoea lacunosa
Chrysodeixis includens
Diachrysia balluca
931179  –  8897
© Canadian National Collection LG
Diachrysia balluca
Allagrapha aerea
931177  –  8898
© Canadian National Collection LG
Allagrapha aerea
Pseudeva purpurigera
931184  –  8899
© Canadian National Collection LG
Pseudeva purpurigera
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
931187  –  8905
© Canadian National Collection LG
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
Megalographa biloba
931209  –  8907
© Canadian National Collection LG
Megalographa biloba
Autographa precationis
931191  –  8908
© Canadian National Collection LG
Autographa precationis

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