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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 (1)
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
9312178936Syngrapha u-aureum
Syngrapha u-aureum
© Canadian National Collection LG

9312258939Syngrapha alias
Syngrapha alias
© Canadian National Collection LG

9312248940Syngrapha abstrusa
Syngrapha abstrusa
© Canadian National Collection LG

Syngrapha abstrusa
© Canadian National Collection LG

9312278942 – Salt-and-Pepper Looper – Syngrapha rectangula
Syngrapha rectangula
© Canadian National Collection LG

9312318945Syngrapha montana
Syngrapha montana
© Canadian National Collection LG

Syngrapha montana
© Canadian National Collection LG

Syngrapha montana
© Canadian National Collection LG

9312308946Syngrapha microgamma
Syngrapha microgamma
© Canadian National Collection LG

Syngrapha microgamma
© Canadian National Collection LG

9312238949 – Mountain Beauty Moth – Syngrapha ignea
Syngrapha ignea
© Canadian National Collection LG

Syngrapha ignea
© Canadian National Collection LG

9312368950 – Putnam's Looper – Plusia putnami
Plusia putnami
© Canadian National Collection LG

9311038955 – Dark Marathyssa – Marathyssa inficita
Marathyssa inficita
© Canadian National Collection LG

Marathyssa inficita
© George Smiley LG
on Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
9311048956 – Light Marathyssa – Marathyssa basalis
Marathyssa basalis
© Karen Pinsonat LG
on poison ivy
Marathyssa basalis
© M. J. Hatfield

Marathyssa basalis
© Karen Chiasson LG

Marathyssa basalis
© McGuire Center LG

Marathyssa basalis
© McGuire Center LG

Marathyssa basalis
© M. J. Hatfield

Marathyssa basalis
© McGuire Center LG

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