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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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Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
8013694716 – Double-striped Scoparia – Scoparia biplagialis
Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley LG

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley LG

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - final instar

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley LG

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - larval webbing

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - cocoon

Scoparia biplagialis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

8013714718Scoparia cinereomedia
Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - first-instar

Scoparia cinereomedia
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - final instar

8013914738 – Striped Eudonia – Eudonia strigalis
Eudonia strigalis
© George Smiley LG
moss on the side of a Bald Cypress - 12mm
Eudonia strigalis
© George Smiley LG
moss on the side of a Bald Cypress - 12mm
8013924739Eudonia heterosalis
Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - freshly laid

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - after roughly 24 hours

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - first-instar

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - mid-instar

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - cocoon

Eudonia heterosalis
© Tucker J. Cooley - LG - mature larva

8013134755 – Waterlily Leafcutter – Elophila obliteralis
Elophila obliteralis
© Stephen Luk

Elophila obliteralis
© Stephen Luk

8013184759 – Polymorphic Pondweed Moth – Parapoynx maculalis
Parapoynx maculalis
© McGuire Center LG

Parapoynx maculalis
© McGuire Center LG

Parapoynx maculalis
© McGuire Center LG

8013224763 – Floating-heart Waterlilly Moth – Parapoynx seminealis
Parapoynx seminealis
© McGuire Center LG

8011874879 – Psychic Xanthophysa – Xanthophysa psychicalis
Xanthophysa psychicalis
© Jason Dombroskie
case
8012244898 – Cross-striped Cabbageworm – Evergestis rimosalis
Evergestis rimosalis
© Arlene Ripley

Evergestis rimosalis
© Hannah Nendick-Mason

Evergestis rimosalis
© Hannah Nendick-Mason

8006944934Munroeodes thalesalis
Munroeodes thalesalis
© Giff Beaton LG
on Citharexylum berlandieri
Munroeodes thalesalis
© Giff Beaton LG
on Citharexylum berlandieri

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