Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Orange-patched smoky moth

Pyromorpha dimidiata

Description:

A medium-sized moth with soft black wings accented with dull gold. Its antennae are black and feathery. The fore legs are also yellow.

Habitat:

Temperate forest.

Notes:

Second half of photos are of another individual and were taken with flash.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Orange-patched Smoky Moth
Pyromorpha dimidiata Orange Patched Smoky Moth - Pyromorpha dimidiata - BugGuide.Net


Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 10 years ago

Thank you, ChunXing! I didn't know that. Also, thanks for the prompt suggestion.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 10 years ago

Cool spotting, this moth mimics a Lycidae beetle very well !

mauna Kunzah
Spotted by
mauna Kunzah

NYC, New York, USA

Spotted on Jun 3, 2013
Submitted on Jun 5, 2013

Related Spottings

Orange-patched Smoky Moth Orange-patched Smoky Moth Orange-patched Smoky Moth Orange-patched smoky moth

Nearby Spottings

Wild garlic White-tailed Deer False Indigo Bush Canada geese (family)
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team