
Ursula Wainscot - Leucania ursula
This moth was having a party at my light with its friends...
Total length: ~20 mm. Gray moth speckled with dark spots. The postmedial line appears as random, zigzag dots. The pale reniform spot has a dusky dot in the inner half. The male has a large tuft of hairlike scales on its foretibia.
Habitat: Attracted to a light/blacklight in a semi-rural area

"Leucania ursula", the ursula wainscot, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Jun 14, 2019. Captured Jun 8, 2019 23:27 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.