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Flowing-Line Snout - Hypena manalis
Total length: 15 mm. Brown/gray/purple forewings with round-edged, dark patches that cover most of the median area. Black apical dash angles toward the dotted subterminal line.
Attracted to a light in a rural area.
*This moth is usually very brown, and I think my flash may have altered the colors. It was too high up on the wall of my house and I couldn't get close enough to see it properly.
The Flowing-line Hypena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Minnesota to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas.
The wingspan is 23–28 mm. The moth flies from May to September in the south and from June to August in the north. There two to three generations per year. The larvae feed on false nettle, but have also been reared on dandelion and on dock.
