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Acronicta increta

Acronicta increta
Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA
May 28, 2020
Size: ~17 mm TL
Found two of these at the I70 highway rest area westbound. Thought for sure they were Acronicta ovata at first. But not seeing a dark basal dash forming a "Y" with the AM line or a well defined anal dash expected with ovata, I have now settled on increta. It's pretty amazing how different these two are from the one found at this same location a couple days earlier.