Pink-shaded Fern Moth

Callopistria mollissima

''Callopistria mollissima'', the pink-shaded fern moth, is a species of owlet moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Pink-shaded Fern Moth (Callopistria mollissima) At a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge. Callopistria mollissima,Geotagged,Pink-shaded Fern Moth,Summer,United States

Naming

Callopistria mollissima (Guenée, 1852)
Eriopus mollissima Guenée, 1852
Callopistria mollissima Callopistria mollissima (Pink-shaded Fern Moth). Larvae feed on ferns. Callopistria mollissima,Geotagged,Minnesota,Pink-shaded Fern Moth,Summer,United States

Distribution

Southern Ontario to New Brunswick south to Florida west to Texas and Oklahoma and north to Minnesota.
Callopistria_mollissima_0726 Callopistria mollissima,Geotagged,Summer,United States

Habitat

Swamps, wetlands, mesic woodlands, forests

Food

New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis) and other ferns.

References:

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Sources:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9631
https://bugguide.net/node/view/3964
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusCallopistria
SpeciesC. mollissima
Photographed in
United States of America