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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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Butterflies - Drepanidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban
Salebriaria tenebrosella
800237  –  5775
© George Smiley LG
on Quercus similis
Salebriaria tenebrosella
Ortholepis pasadamia
800261  –  5783
© Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
on Betula papyrifera
Ortholepis pasadamia
Sciota subfuscella
800294  –  5789
© M. J. Hatfield LG
on Sumac, Rhus sp.
Sciota subfuscella
Sciota subcaesiella
800290  –  5796
© Curtis Lehman LG
tied leaves of Robinia pseudoacacia
Sciota subcaesiella
Sciota virgatella
800291  –  5797
© Curtis Lehman LG
hanging from a thread below Black Locust
Sciota virgatella
Sciota uvinella
800295  –  5802
© George Smiley LG
between two Liquidambar styraciflua leaves - 12mm
Sciota uvinella
Tlascala reductella
800297  –  5808
© George Smiley LG
on Gleditsia triacanthos
Tlascala reductella
Actrix nyssaecolella
800306  –  5818
© George Smiley LG
folded Nyssa sylvatica leaf - 9.5mm
Actrix nyssaecolella
Dioryctria abietivorella
800332  –  5841
© Canadian National Collection LG
Dioryctria abietivorella
Dioryctria reniculelloides
800334  –  5843
© Canadian National Collection LG
Dioryctria reniculelloides
Dioryctria pygmaeella
800370  –  5849
© George Smiley LG
on Taxodium distichum
Dioryctria pygmaeella
Dioryctria zimmermani
800353  –  5852
© Josée Quimper (Quebec.ca) LG
on Pinus strobus
Dioryctria zimmermani
Melitara prodenialis
800513  –  5970
© McGuire Center LG
Melitara prodenialis
Cactoblastis cactorum
800525  –  5970.1
© McGuire Center LG
Cactoblastis cactorum
Rumatha glaucatella
800527  –  5978
© McGuire Center LG
Rumatha glaucatella
Ozamia lucidalis
800506  –  5988.1
© McGuire Center LG
Ozamia lucidalis
Vitula serratilineella
800164  –  6007.1
© Nate Spackman
Vitula serratilineella
Plodia interpunctella
800181  –  6019
© Mike Boone
Plodia interpunctella
Pseudothyris sepulchralis
700004  –  6077
© George Smiley LG
rolled up Smilax rotundifolia leaf - 15mm
Pseudothyris sepulchralis
Dysodia oculatana
700005  –  6078
© Andrew Williams
Dysodia oculatana

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