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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: Cuculliinae
9325199873 – American Swordgrass Moth – Xylena nupera
Xylena nupera
© Tim Dyson
Xylena nupera
© Libby & Rick Avis
Xylena nupera
© Nolie Schneider
Xylena nupera
© Nolie Schneider
9325209874 – Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass Moth – Xylena curvimacula
Xylena curvimacula
© John Davis
Xylena curvimacula
© Cindy Mead
Xylena curvimacula
© D. Lynn Scott
Xylena curvimacula
© Nolie Schneider
9325219875Xylena thoracica
Xylena thoracica
© D. Lynn Scott
Xylena thoracica
© Ian Maton
Xylena thoracica
© Ian Maton
9325229876 – Gray Swordgrass Moth – Xylena cineritia
Xylena cineritia
© Janice Stiefel
Xylena cineritia
© Janice Stiefel
Xylena cineritia
© Jason Dombroskie
9325239877Xylena brucei
Xylena brucei
© Jim Moore
9325249878Lithomoia germana
Lithomoia germana
© Tim Dyson
Lithomoia germana
© Tim Dyson
Lithomoia germana
© Libby & Rick Avis
Lithomoia germana
© Libby & Rick Avis
9325279881 – Goat Sallow Moth – Homoglaea hircina
Homoglaea hircina
© Dave Pelletier
Homoglaea hircina
© Janice Stiefel
Homoglaea hircina
© Janice Stiefel
9325289882Homoglaea dives
Homoglaea dives
© Dick Wilson
Homoglaea dives
© John Davis
Homoglaea dives
© John Davis
Homoglaea dives
© John Davis
9325299883Homoglaea carbonaria
Homoglaea carbonaria
© Bob Martin
9325309884Litholomia napaea
Litholomia napaea
© Anthony W. Thomas
Litholomia napaea
© D. Lynn Scott
Litholomia napaea
© Libby & Rick Avis
Litholomia napaea
© Jason Dombroskie

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