Subject: moth
Location: Northern Virginia
June 6, 2016 6:08 pm
can you identify this moth? seen in June, 2016
Signature: Sandra
Dear Sandra,
We were excited when we thought we identified your moth as a Collared Arches Moth, Lacinipolia strigicollis, thanks to this BugGuide image, but alas, it is a species limited to western North America according to BugGuide. We knew we were close so we investigated the genus, but according to BugGuide: “Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 64 species of the genus Lacinipolia in America north of Mexico.” Of the eastern species, only the Laudable Arches Moth, Lacinipolia laudabilis, is green and resembles your individual, so we are relatively sure that identification is correct, based on this BugGuide image. According to BugGuide: “Larvae are general feeder on herbaceous plants.” Here are more images from Moth Photographers Group.