Digital Guide to Moth Identification |
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.
Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban |
830001 – 7659 – Scalloped Sack-bearer Moth – Lacosoma chiridota |
830004 – 7662 – Melsheimer's Sack-bearer Moth – Cicinnus melsheimeri |
890001 – 7663 – Spotted Apatelodes – Apatelodes torrefacta |
890002 – 7664 – Apatelodes pudefacta |
© Tom Bentley |
890006 – 7667 – Seraph Moth – Olceclostera seraphica |
870024 – 7673 – Larch Tolype – Tolype laricis |
© Jason Dombroskie © Anthony W. Thomas |
870032 – 7681 – Apotolype brevicrista |
© Arlene Ripley fall larva © Randy Hardy day 9 - 5 mm © Randy Hardy day 1 - 2 mm © Arlene Ripley © Arlene Ripley winter cocoon |
870036 – 7683 – Dot-lined White Moth – Artace cribrarius |
© Troy Bartlett |
870001 – 7685 – Riley's Lappet Moth – Heteropacha rileyana |
870003 – 7687 – Lappet Moth – Phyllodesma americana |
© Jason Dombroskie © Janice Stiefel 5th instar - 31 days |
870008 – 7692 – Dicogaster coronada |
870009 – 7693 – Gloveria howardi |
870011 – 7695 – Gloveria gargamelle |
© Valerie G. Bugh © Valerie G. Bugh |
870014 – 7698 – Forest Tent Caterpillar – Malacosoma disstria |
© Bob Moul © Jason Dombroskie © Nolie Schneider © Nolie Schneider © Jason Dombroskie eggs © Valerie G. Bugh |
870015 – 7699 – Pacific Tent Caterpillar – Malacosoma constricta |
870016 – 7700 – Sonoran Tent Caterpillar – Malacosoma tigris |
870017 – 7701 – Eastern Tent Caterpillar – Malacosoma americana |
© Bob Moul © Jason Dombroskie © Jason Dombroskie © Stephen Cresswell 1st instar © Tony DiTerlizzi pupa © Jim Kennedy © Nolie Schneider © Nolie Schneider © Nolie Schneider © Stephen Cresswell |
870018 – 7702 – Western Tent Caterpillar – Malacosoma californica |
© Mike Mclvor © Marius V. Aurelian |
870019 – 7703 – Southwestern Tent Caterpillar – Malacosoma incurva |
890012 – 7704 – Imperial Moth – Eacles imperialis |
© Robert Patterson © Robert Patterson hatchling © Bob Moul © Stuart Schwartz 3rd instar © Stuart Schwartz 4th instar |
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