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.
Geometridae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban |
![Metarranthis lateritiaria](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6829b_Metarranthis_lateritiaria_cat-300.jpg)
911165 –
6829
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Metarranthis lateritiaria
![Metarranthis obfirmaria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6832b-cat-300.jpg)
911168 –
6832
© Canadian National Collection LG
Metarranthis obfirmaria
![Cepphis armataria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6835-cat-300.jpg)
911171 –
6835
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cepphis armataria
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![Plagodis pulveraria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6836-cat-300.jpg)
911188 –
6836
© Canadian National Collection LG
Plagodis pulveraria
![Probole amicaria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6838b-cat-300.jpg)
911183 –
6838
© Canadian National Collection LG
Probole amicaria
![Plagodis serinaria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6840a-cat-300.jpg)
911185 –
6840
© Canadian National Collection LG
Plagodis serinaria
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![Plagodis kuetzingi](Files1/Live/JS/JS6841-300-5th41days.jpg)
911186 –
6841
© Janice Stiefel
5th instar - 41 days Plagodis kuetzingi
![Plagodis alcoolaria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6844c-cat-300.jpg)
911190 –
6844
© Canadian National Collection LG
Plagodis alcoolaria
![Philtraea surcaliforniae](Files1/Live/LeSh/LeSh6847-1st_instar-300.jpg)
911379 –
6847
© Lee A. Shoemaker
1st instar Philtraea surcaliforniae
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![Neoterpes graefiaria](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6862a_Neoterpes_graefiaria_cat-300.jpg)
911321 –
6862
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Neoterpes graefiaria
![Caripeta divisata](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6863a-cat-300.jpg)
911339 –
6863
© Canadian National Collection LG
Caripeta divisata
![Caripeta piniata](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6864a-cat-300.jpg)
911340 –
6864
© Canadian National Collection LG
Caripeta piniata
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![Caripeta angustiorata](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6867c-cat-300.jpg)
911344 –
6867
© Canadian National Collection LG
Caripeta angustiorata
![Caripeta pulcherrima](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6870a_Caripeta_pulcherrima_cat-300.jpg)
911347 –
6870
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Caripeta pulcherrima
![Neoselenia hilumaria](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6871c_Caripeta_hilumaria_cat-300.jpg)
911352 –
6871
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Neoselenia hilumaria
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![Snowia montanaria](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6875a_Snowia_montanaria_cat-300.jpg)
911353 –
6875
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Snowia montanaria
![Meris alticola](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6879.1a_Meris_alticola_cat-300.jpg)
911402 –
6879.1
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Meris alticola
![Besma endropiaria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6884-cat-300.jpg)
911360 –
6884
© Canadian National Collection LG
Besma endropiaria
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![Besma quercivoraria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6885a-cat-300.jpg)
911361 –
6885
© Canadian National Collection LG
Besma quercivoraria
![Besma sesquilinearia](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6887_Besma_sesquilinearia_cat-300.jpg)
911363 –
6887
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Besma sesquilinearia
![Lambdina fiscellaria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6888b-cat-300.jpg)
911366 –
6888
© Canadian National Collection LG
Lambdina fiscellaria
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![Lambdina fervidaria](Files1/Live/JDom/JDom6894-300-cat.jpg)
911372 –
6894
© Jason Dombroskie
Lambdina fervidaria
![Cingilia catenaria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6898a-cat-300.jpg)
911384 –
6898
© Canadian National Collection LG
Cingilia catenaria
![Nepytia canosaria](Files1/Live/JiSo/JiSo6906-cat-300.jpg)
911393 –
6906
© Jim Sogaard LG
From red pine in pine barrens Nepytia canosaria
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![Nepytia semiclusaria](Files1/Live/GeSm/GeSm6908-cat-300.jpg)
911395 –
6908
© George Smiley LG
on Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Nepytia semiclusaria
![Nepytia pellucidaria](Files1/Live/JDom/JDom6909a-300-cat.jpg)
911396 –
6909
© Jason Dombroskie
Nepytia pellucidaria
![Sicya macularia](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6912a_Sicya_macularia_cat-300.jpg)
911285 –
6912
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Sicya macularia
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![Sicya morsicaria](Files1/Live/NiDa/NiCa6915a-Sicya-morsicaria-cat-300.jpg)
911288 –
6915
© Nicky Davis LG
on Juniper Mistletoe - Phoradendron juniperinum Sicya morsicaria
![Eucaterva variaria](Files1/Live/BobB/BobB6918a-300-cat.jpg)
911398 –
6918
© Bob Barber
Eucaterva variaria
![Eusarca fundaria](Files1/Live/GeSm/GeSm6933-cat-300.jpg)
911299 –
6933
© George Smiley LG
on Baccharis halimifolia Eusarca fundaria
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![Eusarca confusaria](Files1/Live/YuAl/YuAl6941-cat-300.jpg)
911306 –
6941
© Yurika Alexander LG
Eusarca confusaria
![Somatolophia pallescens](Files1/Live/CarDav/CarDav6946-cat-300.jpg)
911311 –
6946
© Carol Davis LG
Somatolophia pallescens
![Tetracis hirsutaria](Files1/Live/MoRo/MoRo6960a_Tetracis_hirsutaria_cat-300.jpg)
911420 –
6960
© Moria Robinson
Ceanothus cuneatus, Adenostoma fasciculatum Tetracis hirsutaria
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![Tetracis crocallata](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6963-cat-300.jpg)
911409 –
6963
© Canadian National Collection LG
Tetracis crocallata
![Tetracis cachexiata](Files1/Live/CCC/CNC6964-cat-300.jpg)
911410 –
6964
© Canadian National Collection LG
Tetracis cachexiata
![Eugonobapta nivosaria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6965-cat-300.jpg)
911408 –
6965
© Canadian National Collection LG
Eugonobapta nivosaria
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![Eutrapela clemataria](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6966-cat-300.jpg)
911422 –
6966
© Canadian National Collection LG
Eutrapela clemataria
![Phyllodonta peccataria](Files1/Live/CUIC/CUIC6973a_Phyllodonta_peccataria_cat-300.jpg)
911445 –
6973
© John G. Franclemont CUIC LG
Phyllodonta peccataria
![Patalene olyzonaria](Files1/Live/DHa/300/DHa6974-cat-300.jpg)
911429 –
6974
© McGuire Center LG
Patalene olyzonaria
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![Prochoerodes lineola](Files1/Live/CCC/CCC6982a-cat-300.jpg)
911434 –
6982
© Canadian National Collection LG
Prochoerodes lineola
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