Toothed Phigalia Moth

Description:

Mottled gray with dark lines; Forewing mottled gray with thin black wavy lines; PM line sharply-toothed near costa, bulging inward above inner margin where it usually approaches median line.

Habitat:

Deciduous forest near a farm pond. Forest contains oaks, hickories, sweet gum, elm). Midlands of South Carolina

Notes:

Attracted to a porch light. New addition to BugGuide.net for December in South Carolina. This is a male, as females have vestigial wings and cannot fly.