Species Nycteola cinereana - Grey Midget - Hodges#8977

Adults - "square-winged" light grey moth with shiny white hindwings. The adults come in several form, the most common with the forewings marked with a large dark triangular patch in the upper median area, and an oblique black streak along the wing base. The antemedian and postmedian lines are doubled and sinuous, and the round reniform spot has a rust-red pupil. There is also a thin black terminal line. Some specimens lack the dark patches and are quite uniform in color. The hindwings are shiny white, darkening slightly toward the margin. The antennae are simple and the sexes are similar (fromE.H. Strickland Entomological Museum) [Randy Hardy]

Larvae - dark olive green without markings and have pale spiracles with pale brown rims. The settae are pale and slender. Head is unmarked pale brownish green (1)

Pupa - cocoon is white, pointed at one end and truncate at the other (McFarland)