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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
6300836181 – Field's Plume Moth – Hellinsia fieldi
Hellinsia fieldi
© Moria Robinson - 5th instar LG
Found on Eriodictyon californica
6300876186 – Black-marked Plume Moth – Hellinsia inquinatus
Hellinsia inquinatus
© Carol Wolf

6301046203 – Plain Plume Moth – Hellinsia homodactylus
Hellinsia homodactylus
© Canadian National Collection LG

6301056204 – Elliot's Plume Moth – Hellinsia elliottii
Hellinsia elliottii
© Canadian National Collection LG

6301506234 – Morning Glory Plume Moth – Emmelina monodactyla
Emmelina monodactyla
© Ilona Loser LG
on Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed)
Emmelina monodactyla
© Janice Stiefel

Emmelina monodactyla
© Ilona Loser LG
on Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed)
630163.856234.99 – Unidentified Plume Moths – Pterophoridae sp.
Pterophoridae sp.
© Jason Dombroskie

Pterophoridae sp.
© Jason Dombroskie

8500036235 – Lettered Habrosyne – Habrosyne scripta
Habrosyne scripta
© Canadian National Collection LG

Habrosyne scripta
© Canadian National Collection LG

Habrosyne scripta
© Jason Dombroskie

Habrosyne scripta
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

8500046236 – Glorious Habrosyne – Habrosyne gloriosa
Habrosyne gloriosa
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Lonicera sp.
Habrosyne gloriosa
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Lonicera sp.
8500056237 – Tufted Thyatirid Moth – Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Tom Murray

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Jason Dombroskie

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Canadian National Collection LG

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Jason Dombroskie

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Martha Reinhardt

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Tom Murray

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© Martha Reinhardt

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

8500086240 – Dogwood Thyatirid Moth – Euthyatira pudens
Euthyatira pudens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Euthyatira pudens
© Canadian National Collection LG

Euthyatira pudens
© Doug Hughes LG

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