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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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Coleophoridae-Cosmopterigidae
Refereed by Terry Harrison
Perittia herrichiella
1077.1 – © John Lee
Perittia herrichiella
Elachista irrorata
1100 – © WonGun Kim
Elachista irrorata
Elachista madarella
1121 – © Tom Murray
Elachista madarella
Elachista illectella
1129 – © Jay Cossey
Elachista illectella
Elachista spp.
1132.97 – © Tony DiTerlizzi
Unidentified Elachista Moths
Elachista spp.
Symmoca signatella
1133 – © Donald Hobern
Symmoca signatella
Oegoconia novimundi
1134 – © David Reed
Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth
Oegoconia novimundi
Glyphidocera lactiflosella
1139 – © Machele White
Five-spotted Glyphidocera Moth
Glyphidocera lactiflosella
Glyphidocera septentrionella
1142 – © David Reed
Glyphidocera septentrionella
Glyphidocera spp.
1143.97 – © Tom Murray
Unidentified Glyphidocera Moths
Glyphidocera spp.
Gerdana caritella
1144 – © David Reed
Gerdana caritella
Symmocinae n. sp.
1144.96 – © Mark Dreiling - DNA
Undescribed Symmocinae
Symmocinae n. sp.
Blastobasis yuccaecolella
1154 – © Beatriz Moisset [T]
Blastobasis yuccaecolella
Blastobasis spp.
1154.97 – © Tom Murray
Unidentified Blastobasis Moths
Blastobasis spp.
Blastobasis glandulella
1162 – © Mark Dreiling
Acorn Moth
Blastobasis glandulella
Calosima argyrosplendella
1168 – © Robert Patterson
Calosima argyrosplendella
Holcocera immaculella
1221 – © David Reed
Holcocera immaculella
Pigritia spp.
1238.97 – © Kerry Matz
Unidentified Pigritia Moths
Pigritia spp.
Blastobasinae spp.
1253.98 – © Arlene Ripley
Unidentified Blastobasinid Moths
Blastobasinae spp.
Coleophora atromarginata
1257 – © John Himmelman
American Pistol Casebearer
Coleophora atromarginata

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