Thanks Robert. I'll wait and see if Ann comments

I hate to disagree with you, Robert, but I think it is Macariini. That ochre cast to the ventral edge of the costa is typical. I try to take the ventral view of most of them that I catch and rear. This one looks like one I consider a mystery, that laid eggs for me just yesterday. The reniform spot on the hind wing is so very prominent. The only Stamnodes I have seen here is this one .

Ann,
I was hoping you'd disagree, because that yellow costa and the spotted terminal line have me stumped. I went through all the Ennominae (which includes Macarini), and pretty much eliminated them because of the odd wing shapes. Whatever this is, its HW is nearly as large as its FW.
Z

Robert, I will e-mail you some of my pictures. I think you know I have been rearing them like crazy trying to establish just which of those cryptic species I have on our place. I also have the Ferguson and he talks a lot about that wing edge. I have really gotten into the importance of the ventral view of the wings as an ID crutch, so I take most captured or pinned moths from that view to see if I am correct in my opinion.

Thanks. It certainly could be a Gem Moth. I tried unsuccessfully to get it to spread its wings. There aren't many ventral views of the Gem around. Thanks for sending these.

:- )

It’s common for geometrids in the Ennominae and the Larentiinae subfamilies to fold their wings at rest. You can coax a noctuid to spread its wings, but you have to make these buggers relocate, then shoot quickly before they fold.

Thanks Robert. I'll try that next time. I poked at this one a little, but it would neither move nor unfold.