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Spectacled Nettle Moth - Abrostola urentis
This moth had an amazing coif! I had to get side profile shot.
Total length: ~15 mm. Pale gray forewings with bands of darker shading in median area and beyond subterminal line. Thorax has collar behind the head. Large, pale gray claviform and orbicular spots are fused into an hourglass shape.
Habitat: Attracted to a light at night in a rural area.
The Spectacled Nettle Moth or Variegated Brindle is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia west across Canada to Vancouver Island, south to North Carolina, Missouri, Texas, Colorado and Oregon.
The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation depending on the location.
The larvae feed on ''Urtica dioica''.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Aug 25, 2018. Captured Aug 24, 2018 22:11 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
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