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Photo#48624
Henry's Marsh Moth (brown form) - Acronicta insularis

Henry's Marsh Moth (brown form) - Acronicta insularis
South Bay, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
April 6, 2006
Size: wingspan 25-30 mm
on wall of gas station at night; there were at least 4 of these moths on the wall or on the ground around the lights

9280 - Simyra insularis [formerly henrici] - Henry's Marsh Moth
... James Adams, to whom I sent the photo, concurs in this identification.

 
Thanks again, Bob
I see now that this image by James Adams (specimen collected in Georgia?) has uniformly light brown forewings like mine.

All-Leps lists two subspecies: S. i. insularis and S. i. julitae, so maybe the nominate subspecies is the "typical" whitish one with dark streaks found in the north, and julitae is a light brown subspecies from Georgia and Florida (?)

 
I don't know......
Your photo is the first I have seen from the south. Adams did not mention whether or not it is "typical" there. Truth be told, the Canadian photos don't show really strong markings, and I can bring out the darker areas a bit more in your moth by increasing contrast. Still, it is not what Covell leads you to expect.

Can't Find a Match....
... but I wonder if this could be a faded or aberrant Henry's Marsh Moth, 9280 - Simyra henrici. Otherwise, it recalls the form of some of the Arctiidae, which makes me wonder if (all things are possible in Florida) this might be an introduction from elsewhere.

 
Me neither
Thanks, Bob. I spent probably too long looking for a match on the web and couldn't find anything decent, so an introduced species sounds plausible.
There were four of these hanging around a gas station; the others looked virtually identical to this one and the first individual, so whatever they are, they're consistent.

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