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.
Notodontidae - Lymantriidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban |
930003 – 7895 – Sigmoid Prominent – Clostera albosigma |
© Martha Reinhardt © Betsy Higgins © Carroll Rudy 4th instar © Carroll Rudy © Martha Reinhardt © Carroll Rudy 5th instar |
930004 – 7896 – Angle-lined Prominent – Clostera inclusa |
© Martha Reinhardt © Howell Curtis © Howell Curtis |
930004.1 – 7896.1 – Clostera jocosa – Clostera jocosa |
930005 – 7897 – Clostera inornata – Clostera inornata |
930006 – 7898 – Striped Chocolate-tip Moth – Clostera strigosa |
© Janice Stiefel 5th instar © Janice Stiefel 4th instar © Janice Stiefel 3rd instar |
930009 – 7901 – Apical Prominent – Clostera apicalis |
© Janice Stiefel 5th instar © Janice Stiefel |
930033 – 7902 – Yellow-necked Caterpillar – Datana ministra |
© Jason Dombroskie © Jason Dombroskie © Jason Dombroskie © Jason Dombroskie |
930035 – 7904 – Drexel's Datana – Datana drexelii |
© Tom Murray |
930036 – 7905 – Major Datana – Datana major |
© Lynette Schimming |
930037 – 7906 – Contracted Datana – Datana contracta |
© Charles Lewallen |
930038 – 7907 – Walnut Caterpillar – Datana integerrima |
© Charles Lewallen © Machele White © Tom Bentley |
930039 – 7908 – Spotted Datana – Datana perspicua |
930045.1 – 7914 – Datana perfusa |
930046 – 7915 – White-dotted Prominent – Nadata gibbosa |
© Bob Moul © Jason Dombroskie © Howell Curtis © Betsy Higgins © Betsy Higgins |
930011.1 – 7917 – Georgian Prominent – Paraeschra georgica |
930011 – 7918 – Paraeschra tortuosa – Paraeschra tortuosa |
930048 – 7919 – Oval-Based Prominent – Peridea basitriens |
930049 – 7920 – Angulose Prominent – Peridea angulosa |
930050 – 7921 – Chocolate Prominent – Peridea ferruginea |
930050.1 – 7921.1 – Bordelon's Peridea – Peridea bordeloni |
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