Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1296299

Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth
Speranza pustularia

Observation date: June 20, 2021
Submitted by: TJ in Derry
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Attracted to porch lights overnight and still present the following morning.
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: July 21, 2021
Coordinator notes: Now Macaria pustularia (Guenée, [1858]). Formerly placed in the genus Itame in the 1983 Hodges Checklist and in the genus Speranza in Ferguson (2008), is returned to genus Macaria in Sihvonen & Skou (2015) following Scoble & Krüger (2002).