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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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Notodontidae - Lymantriidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Truncaptera inopinata
930140.1  –  8027
© Charles Melton LG
Truncaptera inopinata
Crinodes biedermani
930053  –  8028
© Marilyn Hanson LG
Crinodes biedermani
Pseudhapigia brunnea
930120  –  8029
© Charles Melton LG
day 30 - 35mm
Pseudhapigia brunnea
Phryganidia californica
930138  –  8031
© Aaron Schusteff LG
Phryganidia californica
Gnophaela discreta
930355  –  8036
© Evan Rand
final instar - 30 mm - on Mertensia lanceolata
Gnophaela discreta
Gnophaela vermiculata
930356  –  8037
© Jane & John Balaban
Gnophaela vermiculata
Composia fidelissima
930349  –  8038
© Valerie G. Bugh
Composia fidelissima
Phaloesia saucia
930351  –  8039
© Stan O. Sterba LG
Phaloesia saucia
Dysschema howardi
930358  –  8040
© Linda Wiener LG
Dysschema howardi
Manulea bicolor
930217  –  8043
© Canadian National Collection LG
Manulea bicolor
Crambidia pallida
930219  –  8045.1
© Canadian National Collection LG
Crambidia pallida
Hypoprepia miniata
930204  –  8089
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hypoprepia miniata
Hypoprepia fucosa
930205  –  8090
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hypoprepia fucosa
Pagara simplex
930396  –  8099
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Pagara simplex
Acsala anomala
930216.5  –  8104.1
© Canadian National Collection LG
Acsala anomala
Haploa clymene
930341  –  8107
© George Smiley LG
37mm on Mayhaw (Crataegus opaca)
Haploa clymene
Haploa colona
930342  –  8108
© Canadian National Collection LG
Haploa colona
Haploa contigua
930344  –  8110
© Canadian National Collection LG
Haploa contigua
Haploa lecontei
930345  –  8111
© Angella Moorehouse LG
Haploa lecontei
Haploa confusa
930346  –  8112
© Canadian National Collection LG
Haploa confusa

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