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Thin line moth - Oxycilla mitographa

Thin line moth - Oxycilla mitographa
Chilton County, Alabama, USA
June 22, 2018
This was an orangish yellow moth. His thorax and head were dark orange and he seemed to have a short snout. He had two diagonally-oriented small brown spots between his AM and PM lines with a line of yellow connecting them, like "Connect the Dots" puzzles. His AM line was fairly straight. His PM was unusual in that it angled sharply upward 90 degrees at about 80% of the width of the forewings from the inner margin. Both lines were rusty orange with yellow shading on top. He had dark speckles all over, a little less dense between his PM line and outer margin. His terminal line seemed to be 5-6 thin layers of various shades of orange, yellow, and green. I have searched through the owlet moths and there are several that are similar, but can't find one with a PM line that angles sharply upward. Ledaea perditalis looks close, but the turn in the PM line is smooth. I don't see any spots, which also rules out some of the owlets.

Oxycilla mitographa
Moved from ID Request.

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