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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
Paectes oculatrix
931106  –  8957
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
Paectes oculatrix
Paectes abrostoloides
931111  –  8962
© Brody J. Thomassen LG
Paectes abrostoloides
Baileya doubledayi
931148  –  8969
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Baileya doubledayi
Baileya ophthalmica
931149  –  8970
© Canadian National Collection LG
Baileya ophthalmica
Baileya dormitans
931150  –  8971
© Canadian National Collection LG
Baileya dormitans
Baileya levitans
931152  –  8972
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Baileya levitans
Nycteola frigidana
931142  –  8975
© Canadian National Collection LG
Nycteola frigidana
Nycteola cinereana
931144  –  8977
© Canadian National Collection LG
Nycteola cinereana
Meganola phylla
931122  –  8983.1
© Yurika Alexander LG
on young black oak leaf
Meganola phylla
Meganola georgei
931122.1  –  8983.3
© Giff Beaton LG
on live oak
Meganola georgei
Nola cilicoides
931130  –  8990
© M. J. Hatfield
Nola cilicoides
Nola cereella
931131  –  8991
© Giff Beaton LG
Sweep net through grass
Nola cereella
Nola minna
931133  –  8993
© Moria Robinson LG
on Adenostoma fasciculatum
Nola minna
Cydosia aurivitta
931732.71  –  8999
© Valerie G. Bugh
Cydosia aurivitta
Cydosia nobilitella
931732.73  –  9000
© Robert Pilla LG
on Spigelia anthelmia
Cydosia nobilitella
Exyra fax
931188  –  9021
© Canadian National Collection LG
Exyra fax
Exyra ridingsii
931190  –  9023
© Gretchen Waggy
Exyra ridingsii
Exyra semicrocea
931189  –  9024
© Henning von Schmeling
Exyra semicrocea

930692.5  –  9025
© Bob Cammarata LG
on oak
"Oruza" albocostaliata
Maliattha synochitis
931295  –  9049
© Canadian National Collection LG
Maliattha synochitis

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