Black-banded Owlet - Phalaenostola larentioides

Total length: ~10 mm. Violet-gray forewing with wavy AM and PM lines. There are wide bands of black shading in the median area and along the subterminal line.

Attracted to a light in a rural area.

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Ferdy Christant

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Respect for getting also the difficult ones down to species level! Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks! I've been having good luck using a moth field guide: Peterson Field Guide to Moths of NE North America. Posted 7 years ago

The Black-banded owlet

The black-banded owlet is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from New Brunswick and Wisconsin to Maine, south to Florida and Texas, west to Ontario.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young