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Acronicta (Agriopodes) fallax
Acronicta (Agriopodes) fallax (Green Marvel) attracted to the porch light but more importantly these moths were probably heading towards the large Viburnum lentago that grows on the other side of the driveway. Viburnum is the host plant for this moth species.
"Pale green FW has chunky black fragments forming AM and PM lines. A black square separates inconspicuous orbicular and reniform spots, Fringe is checkered black and white." Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie 2012.
See also
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Agriopodes-fallax
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9281
''Acronicta fallax'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of North America, from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Manitoba south to Arizona and Florida.
The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from February to November in Florida. The larvae feed on ''Viburnum'' species. They feed on the leaf underside. Full-grown larvae are bright lime to yellowish green with a whitish middorsal and somewhat broader subdorsal stripe.
