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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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Geometridae: Boarmiini
Refereed by Bob Belmont
1906006426 – Red-winged Wave Moth – Dasyfidonia avuncularia
Dasyfidonia avuncularia
© John Davis
Dasyfidonia avuncularia
© John Davis
1906506428Orthofidonia tinctaria
Orthofidonia tinctaria
© Hugh McGuinness
Orthofidonia tinctaria
© Nelson Poirier
1906756429Orthofidonia exornata
Orthofidonia exornata
© Nelson Poirier
1907006430 – Yellow-veined Geometer Moth – Orthofidonia flavivenata
Orthofidonia flavivenata
© Chris Adam
Orthofidonia flavivenata
© Jason Dombroskie
Orthofidonia flavivenata
© Nolie Schneider
1907256431 – Sulphur Moth – Hesperumia sulphuraria
Hesperumia sulphuraria
© Mike McIvor
Hesperumia sulphuraria
© Jim Moore
Hesperumia sulphuraria
© Jim Moore
1907506432Hesperumia fumosaria
Hesperumia fumosaria
© Joyce Gross
1907756433Hesperumia latipennis
Hesperumia latipennis
© John Davis
Hesperumia latipennis
© John Davis
Hesperumia latipennis
© John Davis
1908256435 – Brown-lined Looper Moth – Neoalcis californiaria
Neoalcis californiaria
© Gary McDonald - DNA
Neoalcis californiaria
© Gary McDonald - DNA
Neoalcis californiaria
© Gary McDonald - DNA
1908506436 – Cranberry Spanworm Moth – Ematurga amitaria
Ematurga amitaria
© Tom Murray - m.
Ematurga amitaria
© Anthony W. Thomas
Ematurga amitaria
© Tom Bentley
1909256439 – Umber Moth – Hypomecis umbrosaria
Hypomecis umbrosaria
© Bob Patterson
Hypomecis umbrosaria
© Ed Eder
Hypomecis umbrosaria
© Robert Zimlich

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