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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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Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae
9321949633 – Silver-spotted Fern Moth – Callopistria cordata
Callopistria cordata
© Lynette Schimming
Callopistria cordata
© Cindy Mead
Callopistria cordata
© D. Lynn Scott
Callopistria cordata
© Tom Murray
9322129634Phuphena tura
Phuphena tura
© Carol Wolf
Phuphena tura
© Gary Goss
Phuphena tura
© Greg Raterman
9322139636 – Chocolate Moth – Acherdoa ferraria
Acherdoa ferraria
© Gretchen Grammer
Acherdoa ferraria
© Carol Wolf
Acherdoa ferraria
© Carol Wolf
9322829637.1 – Orbed Narrow-wing Moth – Magusa divaricata
Magusa divaricata
© Robin Mcleod
Magusa divaricata
© Maury Heiman
Magusa divaricata
© Charles Melton
Magusa divaricata
© Maury Heiman
9315449638 – Copper Underwing Moth – Amphipyra pyramidoides
Amphipyra pyramidoides
© Bob Patterson
Amphipyra pyramidoides
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Amphipyra pyramidoides
© John Himmelman
Amphipyra pyramidoides
© Naomi Smith
9315459639 – Mouse Moth – Amphipyra tragopoginis
Amphipyra tragopoginis
© Ian Kimber, UKmoths
Amphipyra tragopoginis
© Carroll Rudy
Amphipyra tragopoginis
© Gary Kessler
Amphipyra tragopoginis
© Ian Maton
9315469640 – Smooth Amphipyra Moth – Amphipyra glabella
Amphipyra glabella
© Janice Stiefel
Amphipyra glabella
© Jason Dombroskie
Amphipyra glabella
© Nolie Schneider
9322509642Protoperigea anotha
Protoperigea anotha
© John Davis
9322519643Protoperigea posticata
Protoperigea posticata
© Bob Martin [T]
9320319644 – Triplex Cutworm Moth – Micrathetis triplex
Micrathetis triplex
© Mark Dreiling
Micrathetis triplex
© Mark Dreiling
Micrathetis triplex
© Arlene Ripley
Micrathetis triplex
© Charles Melton

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