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Gray Moth - Nycteola metaspilella

Gray Moth - Nycteola metaspilella
Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
June 1, 2011
Size: 3cm
Any help would be appreciated.

Moved
Moved from Frigid Owlet.

Nycteola metaspilella?
I think this is out of range for frigidana and it seems to match some images of metaspilella at BOLD. "Nycteola frigidana... is also mainly a trans-Canada/western montane species that feeds on willow." - Don Lafontaine (pers. comm., 1/23/2019)

Nycteola frigidana - Hodges #8975
Moved from ID Request.

Nycteola frigidana - Hodges #8975
cropped your photo to show more moth , less background.
Nice find!

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