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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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Gelechiidae
Refereed by SangMi Lee
Metzneria lappella
1685 – © David Reed
Burdock Seedhead Moth
Metzneria lappella
Metzneria paucipunctella
1686 – © Marius V. Aurelian
Metzneria paucipunctella
Megacraspedus plutella
1687 – © Mark Dreiling
Megacraspedus plutella
Isophrictis magnella
1694 – © Nolie Schneider
Isophrictis magnella
Isophrictis similiella
1702 – © Mark Dreiling
Isophrictis similiella
Isophrictis spp.
1705.97 – © Jason Dombroskie
Unidentified Isophrictis Moths
Isophrictis spp.
Monochroa angustipennella
1707 – © Steve Nanz
Monochroa angustipennella
Monochroa quinquepunctella
1716 – © Tom Murray
Monochroa quinquepunctella
Chrysoesthia drurella
1717 – © Nolie Schneider
Goosefoot Leafminer Moth
Chrysoesthia drurella
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
1719 – © Robert Patterson
Orache Leafminer Moth
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Enchrysa dissectella
1721 – © Tom Murray
Enchrysa dissectella
Theisoa constrictella
1722 – © Mark Dreiling
Theisoa constrictella
Theisoa pallidochrella
1724 – © Steve Scott
Theisoa pallidochrella
Aristotelia adenostomae
1727 – © Elliotte Harold
Aristotelia adenostomae
Aristotelia amelanchierella
1728 – © Mark Dreiling
Aristotelia amelanchierella
Aristotelia corallina
1733.1 – © Mark Dreiling
Aristotelia corallina
Aristotelia devexella
1734 – © Charles Melton
Aristotelia devexella
Aristotelia elegantella
1736 – © Mark Dreiling
Elegant Aristotelia Moth
Aristotelia elegantella
Aristotelia hexacopa
1739 – © Charles Melton
Aristotelia hexacopa
Aristotelia isopelta
1742 – © David Reed
Aristotelia isopelta

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