Pearly-winged Lichen Moth - Crambidia casta

TL: ~17 mm. White FW, abdomen, and thorax. Host: Lichen. Status: Common

Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light at night in a semi-rural area.

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Flown Kimmerling

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Beautiful! Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks! Posted 5 years ago

Ferdy Christant

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Proper name! Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Yes!! Posted 5 years ago

The Pearly-winged Lichen Moth

''Crambidia casta'', the pearly-winged lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from North Carolina and Kentucky north to Nova Scotia. In the west it occurs from the Rocky Mountain states south to central Arizona and New Mexico. The habitat consists of eastern hardwood forests, juniper woodlands and sagebrush rangelands.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young