Leafminer
South Bristol, New York, USA.
Scythris trivinctella
Banded Scythris Moth. Austin, Texas, USA.
Paralobesia
A small tortricid moth. Austin, Texas, USA.
Tinea pellionella
Adult case-bearing clothes moth. Texas, USA.
Lepidoptera
A moth larva chews a hole in a Lantana leaf. Austin, Texas, USA.
Pyrausta inornatalis
Southern pink moth. Austin, Texas, USA.
Callisthenia sp.
Refugio Amazonas, Tambopata, Peru.
Petrophila
This small moth mimics jumping spiders, even down to the "catchlights" in the eyes. Cayo District, Belize.
Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis
Goldenrod elliptical gall moth, larva. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Proteoteras
A tortricid moth's mottled wing pattern serves as camouflage against a lichen-covered oak tree. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Plodia interpunctella
Indianmeal moth. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Evergestis rimosalis
A close-up of the head of a crambid moth larvae (the cross-striped cabbageworm) shows the stemmata, or simple eyes, that allow the insect to perceive light. Austin, Texas, USA.
A cross-striped cabbageworm feeds on a garden brocolli leaf. Austin, Texas, USA.
Atteva aurea
Ailanthus webworm moth. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Austin, Texas, USA.
Ailanthus webworm moth. Austin, Texas, USA.
Eois
The mottled wing pattern on this Eois geometer moth helps it blend in with moss-encrusted tree trunks. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Geometridae
A cloud forest inchworm spins a thin strand of silk along an understory leaf. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
An inchworm in the Atlantic Coastal Forest. Brazil.
Austin, Texas, USA.
A geometrid larva in lowland Amazonian forest. Peru.
Pantherodes
Geometrid moth at a blacklight sheet. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador
Just a twig here, definitely no inchworms around. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA.
Leafroller larva
A leafroller moth larva (possibly Tortricidae) spins silk on top of an elm leaf on the first day of spring. Austin, Texas, USA.
Malacosoma americanum
Eastern tent caterpillars. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, Kentucky, USA
