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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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Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Palpita magniferalis
800987  –  5226
© Canadian National Collection LG
Palpita magniferalis
Agathodes monstralis
800943  –  5240
© McGuire Center LG
Agathodes monstralis
Patania silicalis
800935  –  5243
© George Smiley LG
rolled up Boehmeria cylindrica - 7mm
Patania silicalis
Asciodes quietalis
801038  –  5267
© Machele White
Asciodes quietalis
Psara obscuralis
801044  –  5268
© Ken Childs LG
at night on Phytolacca americana
Psara obscuralis
Psara dryalis
801045  –  5269
© Randy Hardy LG
on Boerhavia coccinea
Psara dryalis
Herpetogramma pertextalis
801023  –  5275
© Canadian National Collection LG
Herpetogramma pertextalis
Herpetogramma thestealis
801027  –  5277
© Canadian National Collection LG
Herpetogramma thestealis
Cryptobotys zoilusalis
801014  –  5282
© McGuire Center LG
Cryptobotys zoilusalis
Crambus praefectellus
801565  –  5355
© McGuire Center LG
Crambus praefectellus
Parapediasia decorellus
801528  –  5450
© Anita Gould
Parapediasia decorellus
Hypsopygia nostralis
800688  –  5531
© McGuire Center LG
Hypsopygia nostralis
Epipaschia superatalis
800619  –  5577
© Troy Bartlett LG
on Toxicodendron radicans
Epipaschia superatalis
Macalla zelleri
800617  –  5579
© McGuire Center LG
Macalla zelleri
Toripalpus trabalis
800627  –  5585
© McGuire Center LG
Toripalpus trabalis
Oneida lunulalis
800629  –  5588
© Judy Gallagher LG
Oneida lunulalis
Tallula atrifascialis
800633  –  5591
© George Smiley LG
terminal twig web on Taxodium distichum - 20mm
Tallula atrifascialis
Pococera robustella
800640  –  5595
© George Smiley LG
frass nest constructed on Pinus taeda - 19mm
Pococera robustella
Pococera subcanalis
800647  –  5602
© McGuire Center LG
Pococera subcanalis
Pococera militella
800649  –  5604
© McGuire Center LG
Pococera militella

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