Common Spring Moth - Heliomata cycladata

WS: ~20 mm. FW has large, white patches in inner margin and subapical areas with brown borders. The HW is white with a brown border. Hosts: Black locust and honey locust

Habitat: Attracted to a blacklight in a rural area.

Every time I got close to this moth, it would fly off to a hard to reach spot. This shot is the best I could get.

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Ferdy Christant

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Very explicit pattern, nice! Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  It was, and a new species for me! Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    New to all of us :) Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      True ;P Posted 6 years ago

The Common Spring Moth

"Heliomata cycladata", the common spring moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in eastern North America, with records from southern Ontario, southern Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, northern Mississippi and Arkansas.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young