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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 (2)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Cucullia intermedia
931514  –  10194
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cucullia intermedia
Cucullia lilacina
931510  –  10196
© Bob Beatson LG
Cucullia lilacina
Cucullia florea
931508  –  10197
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on Fleabane, Erigeron sp.
Cucullia florea
Cucullia omissa
931507  –  10199
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cucullia omissa
Cucullia asteroides
931504  –  10200
© Tom Murray
Cucullia asteroides
Cucullia convexipennis
931513  –  10202
© Bob Moul
Cucullia convexipennis
Cucullia oribac
931512  –  10203
© John G. Franclemont CUIC
Cucullia oribac
Anarta trifolii
932826  –  10223
© Canadian National Collection LG
Anarta trifolii
Sideridis rosea
932906  –  10265
© Janice Stiefel
4th instar
Sideridis rosea
Mamestra configurata
932898  –  10271
© Canadian National Collection LG
Mamestra configurata
Mamestra curialis
932899  –  10272
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Mamestra curialis
Polia nimbosa
932867  –  10275
© Canadian National Collection LG
Polia nimbosa
Polia richardsoni
932871  –  10279
© Canadian National Collection LG
Polia richardsoni
Polia purpurissata
932872  –  10280
© Canadian National Collection LG
Polia purpurissata

933159  –  10285
© John G. Franclemont CUIC
"Hexorthodes" tuana

933146  –  10288
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
"Orthodes" detracta
Morrisonia latex
932805  –  10291
© Betsy Higgins
Morrisonia latex
Melanchra adjuncta
932874  –  10292
© Jason Dombroskie
Melanchra adjuncta
Melanchra picta
932875  –  10293
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar
Melanchra picta
Melanchra assimilis
932877  –  10295
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Melanchra assimilis

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