Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides

Tufted Thyatirin Moth

Larval host plants are alder, birch, maple, oak, aspen, and willow. The adults eat although I do not know what. They can be attracted using bait which is usually a mixture of ripe bananas, ripe peaches, molasses, and rum. This bait mixture attracts many species of moths.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Nice one!
PS: can you please set the country on this one? Posted 6 years ago
1. Gary B
  
  Lion
  
  Hmmm, thought I geotagged this one. Will set location. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks! And no worries, it's normal for one to slip through, happens to all of us :) Posted 6 years ago

The Tufted thyatirid moth

''Pseudothyatira'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Drepanidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. Its only species, ''Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides'', the tufted thyatirid moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America in Newfoundland, British Columbia, northern California, Maryland, West Virginia, Kansas and North Carolina.

The wingspan is 38–44 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location. The larvae.. more

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Gary B