Rusty Virbia - Virbia ferruginosa
Total length: ~15 mm. Brownish orange moth. It sometimes has a small, discal spot and shading along subterminal line. Hindwings are yellow or pale orange with a fragmented black border and black discal spot.
Attracted to a light at night in a rural area.
''Virbia ferruginosa'', the rusty holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found from Nova Scotia to British Columbia in Canada. In the United States it is found from the northeast and upper Midwest, south to Virginia, Mississippi, Missouri and Louisiana.
The length of the forewings is about 13.4 mm for males and 15 mm for females. The male forewings are cinnamon brown with a faint olive-brown discal spot. The hindwings are pinkish.. more
