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Alsophila pometaria
Average-sized moth (~28mm. Males like this one have an even brownish grey forewing with jagged white and dark PM and AM lines, occasionally with a visible dark discal spot. The hindwings are light grey, with a dark discal spot and a faint pale PM line.
Deciduous woods near a farm pond in the midlands of South Carolina.
Hodges#6258; This is a male as the females are wingless. Adults are on wing from fall to early winter. Oak and hackberry (host plants for caterpillars) are in the immediate vicinity of the spotting.
Spotted on Jan 4, 2013
Submitted on Jan 13, 2013
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