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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
Idia aemula
930471  –  8323
© Canadian National Collection LG
Idia aemula
Idia rotundalis
930474  –  8326
© Canadian National Collection LG
Idia rotundalis
Idia julia
930476  –  8328
© Canadian National Collection LG
Idia julia
Idia lubricalis
930482  –  8334
© Jason Dombroskie
Idia lubricalis
Zanclognatha protumnusalis
930496  –  8349
© Canadian National Collection LG
Zanclognatha protumnusalis
Macrochilo orciferalis
930511  –  8360
© Canadian National Collection LG
Macrochilo orciferalis
Renia discoloralis
930532  –  8381
© George Smiley LG
up from the leaf litter
Renia discoloralis
Lascoria ambigualis
930547  –  8393
© Giff Beaton LG
on Goldenrod
Lascoria ambigualis
Palthis angulalis
930551  –  8397
© Canadian National Collection LG
Palthis angulalis
Oxycilla tripla
930595  –  8405
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Oxycilla tripla
Colobochyla interpuncta
930590  –  8411
© George Smiley LG
on Salix nigra
Colobochyla interpuncta
Sigela eoides
930660  –  8435
© McGuire Center LG
Sigela eoides
Hypena baltimoralis
930562  –  8442
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hypena baltimoralis
Hypena bijugalis
930564  –  8443
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Hypena bijugalis
Hypena palparia
930565  –  8444
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hypena palparia
Hypena abalienalis
930566  –  8445
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hypena abalienalis
Hypena madefactalis
930568  –  8447
© Howell Curtis
Hypena madefactalis
Hypena edictalis
930575  –  8452
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hypena edictalis
Hypena eductalis
930589  –  8455
© Canadian National Collection LG
Hypena eductalis
Hypena opulenta
930589.1  –  8455.1
Jim Young LG
- 22mm
Hypena opulenta
Hypena humuli
930584  –  8461
© Betsy Higgins
Hypena humuli
Hypena scabra
930588  –  8465
© George Smiley LG
on Strophostyles helvola
Hypena scabra
Isogona tenuis
930734  –  8493
© George Smiley LG
on Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata)
Isogona tenuis
Isogona snowi
930738  –  8497
© Giff Beaton LG
on Celtis ehrenbergiana
Isogona snowi
Metalectra discalis
930679  –  8499
© Canadian National Collection LG
Metalectra discalis
Metalectra quadrisignata
930680  –  8500
© George Smiley LG
scouring rocks for fungi or algae
Metalectra quadrisignata
Scolecocampa liburna
930637  –  8514
© Patrick Coin
Scolecocampa liburna
Phyprosopus callitrichoides
931101  –  8525
© Giff Beaton LG
on Greenbrier
Phyprosopus callitrichoides
Hypsoropha monilis
930628  –  8527
© George Smiley LG
on Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Hypsoropha monilis
Hypsoropha hormos
930629  –  8528
© Giff Beaton LG
on persimmon
Hypsoropha hormos
Plusiodonta compressipalpis
930622  –  8534
© Valerie G. Bugh
Plusiodonta compressipalpis
Calyptra canadensis
930612  –  8536
© Jason Dombroskie
Calyptra canadensis
Gonodonta nutrix
930617  –  8540
© Alan Chin-Lee
Gonodonta nutrix
Rusicada privata
930610.5  –  8547
© Bob Moul
Rusicada privata
Anomis impasta of authors
930605  –  8548
© Giff Beaton LG
on Malvaviscus drummondii
Anomis impasta of authors
Anomis editrix
930610  –  8553
© Richard Crook LG
Anomis editrix
Scoliopteryx libatrix
930601  –  8555
© Canadian National Collection LG
Scoliopteryx libatrix
Litoprosopus coachella
931160.8  –  8558
© Eric R. Eaton
Litoprosopus coachella
Diphthera festiva
931120.5  –  8560
© Shannon Hensarling LG
Diphthera festiva
Anticarsia gemmatalis
931077  –  8574
© Machele White
Anticarsia gemmatalis

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