Oreta rosea
Attracted to an incandescent porch light. Warm night, mid-70s F (cooled down later), and humid. The second year this moth was seen here. Carlton County is one of only three known locations for this species in Minnesota. The other two are Pine (August 2018) and Cook (July 2006) counties.
MacLean (2006) describes this species as "rare" during his moth surveys in Cook County, Minnesota (MacLean, David B. (2006) "Preliminary Inventory of Lepidoptera From Cook County, Minnesota: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Bombycoidea, Sphingoidea and Noctuoidea," The Great Lakes Entomologist: Vol. 39: No. 2, Article 3.).
Oreta rosea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded across boreal Canada to eastern North America. In the north, the range extends to northern Alberta, northern Manitoba and Newfoundland. It is also found east of the Great Plains as far south as Florida and eastern Texas. The habitat consists of moist temperate hardwood forests.
