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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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Geometridae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Archiearis infans
910596  –  6256
© Canadian National Collection LG
Archiearis infans
Alsophila pometaria
911128  –  6258
© Yurika Alexander LG
Alsophila pometaria
Protitame virginalis
910681  –  6270
© Canadian National Collection LG
Protitame virginalis
Eumacaria madopata
910691  –  6272
© Canadian National Collection LG
Eumacaria madopata
Macaria pustularia
910737  –  6273
© Canadian National Collection LG
Macaria pustularia
Macaria occiduaria
910727  –  6279
© Canadian National Collection LG
Macaria occiduaria
Macaria loricaria
910735  –  6290
© Canadian National Collection LG
Macaria loricaria
Macaria exauspicata
910714  –  6292
© Canadian National Collection LG
Macaria exauspicata
Macaria coortaria
910717  –  6299
© Canadian National Collection LG
Macaria coortaria
Macaria colata
910726  –  6308
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Macaria colata
Macaria varadaria
910701  –  6314
© George Smiley LG
Eastern Baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) - 23mm
Macaria varadaria
Macaria truncataria
910700  –  6321
© Canadian National Collection LG
Macaria truncataria
Mellilla xanthometata
910692  –  6322
© George Smiley LG
on Gleditsia triacanthos - 19mm
Mellilla xanthometata
Macaria promiscuata
910754  –  6331
© George Smiley LG
on Cercis canadensis leaf - 25mm
Macaria promiscuata
Psamatodes abydata
910697  –  6332
© Ann Hendrickson LG
Larva fed on Huisache/Acacia smallii
Psamatodes abydata
Macaria aequiferaria
910756  –  6335
© George Smiley LG
on Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Macaria aequiferaria
Macaria bisignata
910757  –  6342
© Canadian National Collection LG
Macaria bisignata
Macaria sexmaculata
910766  –  6343
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Larix laricina
Macaria sexmaculata
Macaria signaria
910767  –  6344
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Macaria signaria
Macaria pinistrobata
910768  –  6347
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Macaria pinistrobata

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