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Yucca moth minus the yucca?

Yucca moth minus the yucca?
3 mi north of Manzanita, Tilamook County, Oregon, USA
September 30, 2006
Size: 10 mm wingspan
This moth was the only species that came to my camp lantern this night (it was pretty chilly...maybe 45 degrees F). I'm pretty sure it's a yucca moth with its cute, fuzzy head and all, but I was camped out in the middle of an old growth, sea-side rain forest with no yucca anywhere to be seen. Ferns, Fungi, and cedars aplenty, but no yucca. Any ideas as to species (notice the little dark spot where the veins meet up on the wing) and/or host plant?