Tawny Marbled Minor - Oligia latruncula

***This species was recently introduced into NYC from Asia.

Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light in a semi-rural area

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Definitely Noctuid. Maybe a melanistic Gluphisia?

I tinkered on photoshop to see the patterns and it looks close to this?
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143274-Gluphisia-septentrionis Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Wondering what you think of Lacinipolia meditata? Similar pattern, same antennae. Plus seeing some dark shots of it, probably due to flash misfires. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks Lisa and Ferdy...I still have no idea. I'll post it on iNat and maybe FB to see if anyone has an opinion.
    
    I tweaked it in Photoshop too and here is how it looks with shadows lifted:
    
    Posted 4 years ago

The Tawny marbled minor

"Oligia latruncula", the tawny marbled minor, is a species of moth belonging to the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe from northern Scotland and middle Fennoscandia in the north and then south to central Spain, Sicily and Greece. In the east, the species ranges to Western Asia. In the Alps it rises to an altitude of 2000 meters.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young