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Black-banded Owlet - Phalaenostola eumelusalis
Total length: ~15 mm. Brown forewings with a wide, dusky median band. Wavy subterminal line is accented with two blackish bulges before merging with a short apical dash. Upturned labial palps.
Habitat: Attracted to a light at night in a rural area.
The punctuated owlet is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Adult: forewing brown, crossed by dark brown antemedian (AM), postmedian (PM), and subterminal (ST) lines; AM line composed of three scallops; PM and ST lines thin, irregular, zigzagged; distance between AM and PM lines at least 2x greater than distance between PM and ST lines (a distinguishing feature); broad dark band in median area; reniform spot a thin black arc; small dark blotch often present near apex; hindwing slightly paler.. more
