Chalky Bird-dropping Moth Acontia cretata (Grote & Robinson, 1870)

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Acontiinae

Identification: Forewing mostly white basally, and dark green to blackish beyond PM line; amount of pearl-gray shading in basal half varies from almost none to almost complete; reniform spot either white or dark, bordered by pale yellowish-green shading on one or both sides; fringe scales usually white along lower half of outer margin, and dark along upper half; hindwing white, shading to brownish-gray at outer margin; fringe white.

Wing Span: 2.2-2.7 cm

Life History:

Flight: April to September.

Caterpillar Hosts: Unknown

Adult Food:

Habitat:

Range: Widespread throughout southern and central United States, as far north as extreme southern Saskatchewan, Canada and south into Mexico.

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

Taxonomy Notes: None.

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