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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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Oecophoridae - Elachistidae
Refereed by Terry Harrison
0297751033Gonioterma crambitella
Gonioterma crambitella
© Marvin & Jo Smith
0298001034 – Black-marked Inga Moth – Inga sparsiciliella
Inga sparsiciliella
© Mike Boone
Inga sparsiciliella
© Gary Phillips
Inga sparsiciliella
© Robert Zimlich
0298251035 – Chalky Inga Moth – Inga cretacea
Inga cretacea
© Mark Dreiling
Inga cretacea
© Bob Patterson
Inga cretacea
© Mike Quinn
0298751037Inga obscuromaculella
Inga obscuromaculella
© Gerald Donehew
0300001042 – Reticulated Decantha Moth – Decantha boreasella
Decantha boreasella
© Bob Patterson
Decantha boreasella
© Carol Wolf
Decantha boreasella
© David Reed
Decantha boreasella
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Decantha boreasella
© Tom Murray
0300251043Decantha stecia
Decantha stecia
© Tom Murray
Decantha stecia
© Carol Wolf
0300751045Decantha stonda
Decantha stonda
© John Davis
Decantha stonda
© John Davis
Decantha stonda
© John Davis
Decantha stonda
© Bo Zaremba
0301001046 – Orange-headed Epicallima Moth – Epicallima argenticinctella
Epicallima argenticinctella
© Bob Patterson
Epicallima argenticinctella
© Tom Murray
Epicallima argenticinctella
© Mark Dreiling
Epicallima argenticinctella
© John Lee
0301501047.1 – Suzuki's Promalactis Moth – Promalactis suzukiella
Promalactis suzukiella
© Anita Gould
Promalactis suzukiella
© Bob Moul
Promalactis suzukiella
© John Maxwell
Promalactis suzukiella
© Steve Nanz
0301751048 – Beautiful Epicallima Moth – Dafa formosella
Dafa formosella
© Dave Beadle
Dafa formosella
© John Lee

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