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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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Tortricidae: Olethreutinae - Eucosmini
Refereed by Michael Sabourin
0896502892 – Northern Pitch Twig Moth – Retinia albicapitana
Retinia albicapitana
© D. Lynn Scott
Retinia albicapitana
© Jay Greenberg
0897002894Retinia metallica
Retinia metallica
© Carol Wolf
Retinia metallica
© Carol Wolf
0897252896Retinia sabiniana
Retinia sabiniana
© Jim Moore - DNA
Retinia sabiniana
© Jim Moore - DNA
0897752898Retinia gemistrigulana
Retinia gemistrigulana
© Bob Patterson
Retinia gemistrigulana
© Tom Murray
Retinia gemistrigulana
© Jerry Armstrong
Retinia gemistrigulana
© Bob Patterson
0898752901Retinia picicolana
Retinia picicolana
© John Davis
0899002902 – Minute Pitch-blister Moth – Retinia houseri
Retinia houseri
© Ken Childs
0899252903 – Douglas-Fir Cone Moth – Barbara colfaxiana
Barbara colfaxiana
© Jim Moore - DNA
0899752905Barbara mappana
Barbara mappana
© Nolie Schneider
0900002906 – Eye-spotted Bud Moth – Spilonota ocellana
Spilonota ocellana
© John Davis
Spilonota ocellana
© John Davis
Spilonota ocellana
© Tom Murray
Spilonota ocellana
© Libby & Rick Avis
0900252907 – Bayberry Leaftier Moth – Strepsicrates smithiana
Strepsicrates smithiana
© Randy Newman
Strepsicrates smithiana
© Bob Patterson
Strepsicrates smithiana
© Robert Zimlich
Strepsicrates smithiana
© Carol Wolf

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