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Second yellow moth on door - Ostrinia multispinosa
Copyright © 2018 Teresa Moody

Second yellow moth on door - Ostrinia multispinosa
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
August 21, 2018
Lights are turned on overnight. Near this moth: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1579186/bgimage
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Contributed by Teresa Moody on 21 August, 2018 - 12:26pm
Last updated 6 December, 2021 - 9:46am

Moved to Ostrinia multispinosa
Moved from Ostrinia.

Very tentative ID.
… Steve Nanz, 6 December, 2021 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

Ostrinia multispinosa Yang, 2021?
Moved from Frass.

Yes! It does matter. Glad this was still in frass and not deleted. This matches the holotype, BOLD sample 06-FLOR-0419, of Ostrinia multispinosa Yang, 2021, n. sp., Systematic Entomology, 46(4): 827-838 (PDF). I suspect that this and your other example are that species.

Edit - Less certain now. Yang (2021) says, "... [O. multispinosa] forewing transverse markings and dentate subterminal band are somewhat less defined" compared to O. obumbratalis.
… Steve Nanz, 19 November, 2021 - 5:39am login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 21 August, 2018 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

same as
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1579186/bgimage

only one image of the moth is needed for the guide.
… Marcia Morris, 21 August, 2018 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Different observation
They are 2 different moths. Does that matter?
… Teresa Moody, 22 August, 2018 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

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