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.
Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban |
![Sciota virgatella](Files1/Live/CuLe/CuLe5797-cat-300.jpg)
800291 –
5797
© Curtis Lehman LG
hanging from a thread below Black Locust Sciota virgatella
![Sciota uvinella](Files1/Live/GeSm/GeSm5802g-cat-300.jpg)
800295 –
5802
© George Smiley LG
between two Liquidambar styraciflua leaves - 12mm Sciota uvinella
![Tlascala reductella](Files1/Live/GeSm/GeSm5808-cat-300.jpg)
800297 –
5808
© George Smiley LG
on Gleditsia triacanthos Tlascala reductella
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![Actrix nyssaecolella](Files1/Live/GeSm/GeSm5818a-cat-300.jpg)
800306 –
5818
© George Smiley LG
folded Nyssa sylvatica leaf - 9.5mm Actrix nyssaecolella
![Dioryctria abietivorella](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC5841b-cat-300.jpg)
800332 –
5841
© Canadian National Collection LG
Dioryctria abietivorella
![Dioryctria reniculelloides](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC5843a-cat-300.jpg)
800334 –
5843
© Canadian National Collection LG
Dioryctria reniculelloides
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![Dioryctria pygmaeella](Files1/Live/GeSm/GeSm5849a-cat-300.jpg)
800370 –
5849
© George Smiley LG
on Taxodium distichum Dioryctria pygmaeella
![Dioryctria zimmermani](Files1/Live/GdQ/GdQ5852a-cat-300.jpg)
800353 –
5852
© Josée Quimper ( Quebec.ca) LG
on Pinus strobus Dioryctria zimmermani
![Melitara prodenialis](Files1/Live/DHa/300/DHa5970-cat-300.jpg)
800513 –
5970
© McGuire Center LG
Melitara prodenialis
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![Cactoblastis cactorum](Files1/Live/DHa/300/DHa5970.1a-cat-300.jpg)
800525 –
5970.1
© McGuire Center LG
Cactoblastis cactorum
![Rumatha glaucatella](Files1/Live/DHa/300/DHa5978-cat-300.jpg)
800527 –
5978
© McGuire Center LG
Rumatha glaucatella
![Ozamia lucidalis](Files1/Live/DHa/300/DHa5988.1-cat-300.jpg)
800506 –
5988.1
© McGuire Center LG
Ozamia lucidalis
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![Vitula serratilineella](Files1/Live/Nate/Nate6007.1-225-cat.jpg)
800164 –
6007.1
© Nate Spackman
Vitula serratilineella
![Plodia interpunctella](Files1/Live/MB/MB6019.jpg)
800181 –
6019
© Mike Boone
Plodia interpunctella
![Pseudothyris sepulchralis](Files1/Live/GeSm/GeSm6077a-cat-300.jpg)
700004 –
6077
© George Smiley LG
rolled up Smilax rotundifolia leaf - 15mm Pseudothyris sepulchralis
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![Dysodia oculatana](Files1/Live/AnWi/AnWi6078a-300-cat.jpg)
700005 –
6078
© Andrew Williams
Dysodia oculatana
![Geina sheppardi](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6091.1a-cat-300.jpg)
630063 –
6091.1
© Canadian National Collection LG
Geina sheppardi
![Dejongia californicus](Files1/Live/RH/RH6100a-300-cat.jpg)
630071 –
6100
© Ron Hemberger
Dejongia californicus
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![Gillmeria pallidactyla](Files1/Live/MJH/MJH6107-225-pupa.jpg)
630012 –
6107
© M. J. Hatfield
Gillmeria pallidactyla
![Stenoptilodes antirrhina](Files1/Live/CarDav/CarDav6123-cat-300.jpg)
630017 –
6123
© Carol Davis LG
feeding on leaves and buds of snapdragons Stenoptilodes antirrhina
![Emmelina buscki](Files1/Live/JcS/JcS6159-T-DMatthews-iNat_25939022-300.jpg)
630151 –
6159
© Joshua Sands [T] - LG
Emmelina buscki
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![Adaina ambrosiae](Files1/Live/VG/VG6160-300-cat.jpg)
630157 –
6160
© Valerie G. Bugh
Adaina ambrosiae
![Oidaematophorus eupatorii](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6168b-cat-300.jpg)
630139 –
6168
© Canadian National Collection LG
Oidaematophorus eupatorii
![Hellinsia fieldi](Files1/Live/MoRo/MoRo6181-300-cat.jpg)
630083 –
6181
© Moria Robinson - 5th instar LG
Found on Eriodictyon californica Hellinsia fieldi
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![Hellinsia inquinatus](Files1/Live/CaWo/CaWo6186-225-cat-DM.jpg)
630087 –
6186
© Carol Wolf
Hellinsia inquinatus
![Hellinsia homodactylus](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6203-cat-300.jpg)
630104 –
6203
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hellinsia homodactylus
![Hellinsia elliottii](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6204-cat-300.jpg)
630105 –
6204
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hellinsia elliottii
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![Emmelina monodactyla](Files1/Live/Ilona/Ilona6234-cat-300.jpg)
630150 –
6234
© Ilona Loser LG
on Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) Emmelina monodactyla
![Pterophoridae sp.](Files1/Live/JDom/JDom6234.99a-300-cat.jpg)
630163.85 –
6234.99
© Jason Dombroskie
Pterophoridae sp.
![Habrosyne scripta](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6235-cat-300.jpg)
850003 –
6235
© Canadian National Collection LG
Habrosyne scripta
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![Habrosyne gloriosa](Files1/Live/GdQ/GdQ6236a-cat-300.jpg)
850004 –
6236
© Roxanne Bertrand ( Quebec.ca) LG
on Lonicera sp. Habrosyne gloriosa
![Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides](Files1/Live/TM/TM6237a-300.jpg)
850005 –
6237
© Tom Murray
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides
![Euthyatira pudens](Files1/Live/CCC/CNC6240-cat-300.jpg)
850008 –
6240
© Canadian National Collection LG
Euthyatira pudens
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![Drepana arcuata](Files1/Live/TM/TM6251b-cat-300.jpg)
850019 –
6251
© Tom Murray LG
Drepana arcuata
![Falcaria bilineata](Files1/Live/WE/WE6252a-cat-300.jpg)
850020 –
6252
© Werner Eigelsreiter LG
Falcaria bilineata
![Eudeilinia herminiata](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6253-cat-300.jpg)
850021 –
6253
© Canadian National Collection LG
Eudeilinia herminiata
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![Oreta rosea](Files1/Live/TM/TM6255a-cat-300.jpg)
850023 –
6255
© Tom Murray LG
Oreta rosea
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