Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth - Ponometia candefacta

TL: ~12 mm. White FW with yellowish green pattern in median area. Gray reniform spot. Host: Ragweed. Status: Common.

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

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Flown Kimmerling

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I was just checking out this species yesterday on MPG and dreaming of seeing it! It is so pretty! Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  It was very pretty and not deserving of being compared to poop...although, it really does resemble poop. Posted 4 years ago

The Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth

''Ponometia candefacta'', the olive-shaded bird-dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the northern United States to southern Mexico. The habitat consists of dry, weedy, disturbed areas at low elevations.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young