Pink-spotted Dart - Pseudohermonassa bicarnea

Total length: 20 mm. Dark blue/indigo forewing with pinkish purple patches in basal and subapical areas. Slanting, gray orbicular spot cuts through the black median bar. Subterminal line has a row of tan dots.

Attracted to a light in a rural area.

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Very cool!! Is it weird that this looks vampiric to me? :D I can imagine little fangs on this guy instead of mouthparts! LOL Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Not weird at all! It was a very clumsy flier and kept fluttering all over the place, landing in the most awkward spots - like on my head. I was starting to feel like it was out to get me ;) Posted 7 years ago

The Pink-spotted dart

''Pseudohermonassa bicarnea'', the pink-spotted dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in eastern North America, it is found as far west as south-central Saskatchewan, Canada and central North Dakota, south to western North Carolina. It has recently been recorded from Tennessee.

The wingspan is 32–43 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on ''Glyceria maxima'' and ''Glyceria canadensis''. Older.. more

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young