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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
9315819797Nocloa nanata
Nocloa nanata
© Charles Melton
Nocloa nanata
© Charles Melton
9315839799Nocloa alcandra
Nocloa alcandra
© Arlene Ripley
Nocloa alcandra
© Margarethe Brummermann
9315849800Nocloa aliaga
Nocloa aliaga
© Jillian Cowles
9315879803Paramiana smaragdina
Paramiana smaragdina
© Charles Melton
9315899805Paramiana perissa
Paramiana perissa
© Bob Martin
9326709814Cosmia praeacuta
Cosmia praeacuta
© John Davis
Cosmia praeacuta
© John Davis
Cosmia praeacuta
© Libby & Rick Avis
Cosmia praeacuta
© Libby & Rick Avis
9326719814.1Cosmia elisae
Cosmia elisae
© John Davis
Cosmia elisae
© John Davis
9326729815 – American Dun-bar Moth – Cosmia calami
Cosmia calami
© Jim Farrell
Cosmia calami
© Bob Patterson
Cosmia calami
© John Davis
Cosmia calami
© John Davis
9326739816 – Elder Moth – Zotheca tranquilla
Zotheca tranquilla
© John Davis
Zotheca tranquilla
© Jason Dombroskie
Zotheca tranquilla
© Marius V. Aurelian
Zotheca tranquilla
© Libby & Rick Avis - DNA
9317649817Thurberiphaga diffusa
Thurberiphaga diffusa
© Arlene Ripley
Thurberiphaga diffusa
© Charles Melton
Thurberiphaga diffusa
© Randy Hardy
Thurberiphaga diffusa
© Randy Hardy

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