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Photo#1450213
Brown moth with indentitions - Orgyia leucostigma - male

Brown moth with indentitions - Orgyia leucostigma - Male
Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama, USA
October 2, 2017
Size: 1.5 cm WS
This was a brown moth that appeared to have two indentations on each wing. He had huge feathery antennae. He also had a thin white wavy line across the mid section and two white spots towards the back.

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Moved from ID Request.

Enough vacillation ... White-marked Tussock in Alabama

ID of this Moth…
White marked Tussock is just that, a white spot… Definites have an "arc" → ^ ←looking spot… like this one does.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/434/bgimage

ID of this Moth…
It looks just like a
White-marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia leucostigma).
The feathered antennas and the famous spot give it away!!!
Look here to make sure!!!
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1143517

 
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ID of this Moth…
Correction!!
After further review!its more like a…
Definite Tussock Moth (Orgyia definita).
Forewing dark grayish brown, with relatively sharp black markings in upper st. area. Note thin, black costal patch with black and gray streaks below it, near forewing apex. St. line usually sharp, accented by white spot near bottom. Hindwing dark brown, almost black.
* MALE at that as wings absent in females. https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1144674

 
Orgyia definita
Yes, I think you're right. There is a difference. Fascinating.

 
Orgyia leucostigma
It is indeed a White-marked Tussock Moth. The front legs are not extended so much like other photos, probably because this one was suspended from a ceiling. I have seen lots of their caterpillars here, but never a moth. Thanks.

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