Acronicta cf. heitzmani - Acronicta heitzmani
Attracted to lights at carwash.
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Although originally identified with help from James Adams at
Georgia Lepidoptera as
A. heitzmani, after some discussion with
David Wagner, it appears this specimen may possibly be a variation of
A. impleta. The wing pattern matches
heitzmani thoroughly, however, Dr. Wagner pointed out (providing an excellent specimen photo - much needed for
heitzmani) that the thoracic scaling does not quite match
heitzmani, but is akin to
impleta. Thus I leave open the consideration of
A. impleta.