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Symmerista sp.
UPDATE - Looks like this is in the genus Symmerista. See below! ORIGINAL POST - I'm stumped on this one. Maybe something in the family Noctuidae? Which could narrow it down to about 3000 species. :-( Found this moth sitting on a stick on the ground in the middle of a path near the pine barrens of Glendening Nature Preserve at Jug Bay. Anybody have a clue as to which species?
Spotted on Apr 28, 2013
Submitted on Apr 28, 2013
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Your photos are clear and sharp, and so an identification to species is likely to be possible.
Consider submitting the side and top (dorsal) views to BAMONA for IDing:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/node/...
Thank you Treichard! It does indeed seem to be in that genus, though it looks like identifying it to species is impossible. I will update the spotting.
Not certain of the species, but this look like a species of genus Symmerista (Prominent Moths).
See http://bugguide.net/node/view/349 for a species guide.
See http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2283... for a Maryland moth mission.