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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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Micros through Tortricidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Archips grisea
510333  –  3660
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus phellos - 18mm
Archips grisea
Archips cerasivorana
510334  –  3661
© Janice Stiefel
Archips cerasivorana
Archips rileyana
510337  –  3662
© Larry Thompson
Archips rileyana
Archips podana
510321  –  3663.1
© Eric LaGasa & WSDA
Archips podana
Archips fuscocupreanus
510322  –  3663.2
© Eric LaGasa & WSDA
Archips fuscocupreanus
Archips packardiana
510314  –  3667
© Canadian National Collection LG
Archips packardiana
Aphelia alleniana
510345  –  3675
© Canadian National Collection LG
Aphelia alleniana
Cacoecimorpha pronubana
510349  –  3678
© Eric LaGasa & WSDA
Cacoecimorpha pronubana
Clepsis spectrana
510355  –  3681.1
© Eric LaGasa & WSDA
Clepsis spectrana
Clepsis persicana
510357  –  3682
© Canadian National Collection LG
Clepsis persicana
Clepsis melaleucanus
510362  –  3686
© Canadian National Collection LG
Clepsis melaleucanus
Sparganothis sulfureana
510390  –  3695
© Canadian National Collection LG
Sparganothis sulfureana
Sparganothis xanthoides
510398  –  3706
© Canadian National Collection LG
Sparganothis xanthoides
Sparganothis umbrana
510410  –  3715
© Canadian National Collection LG
Sparganothis umbrana
Cenopis reticulatana
510419  –  3720
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cenopis reticulatana
Cenopis mesospila
510427  –  3721
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Acer saccharum
Cenopis mesospila
Cenopis pettitana
510417  –  3725
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cenopis pettitana
Platynota idaeusalis
510433  –  3740
© Ted Kropiewnicki
Platynota idaeusalis
Platynota rostrana
510436  –  3745
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus nigra - 19mm
Platynota rostrana

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