Antaeotricha leucillana – Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth

Family Depressariidae   Hodges # 1014

Caterpillar foods: ash, basswood, birch, elm, maple, oak, poplar, willow  (Bugguide)

Very similar to Antaeotricha schlaegeri but smaller, and with a lighter thoracic tuft.  Also, Steve Nanz on Bugguide says that the dark unconnected spot along the costal margin is close to and sometimes connected to the next spot.  In A. schlaegeri that spot is either absent or not well defined.  (Bugguide)

5/29/2014

Antaeotricha leucillana 5-29-14 1

 

5/29/2014

Antaeotricha leucillana 5-29-14 2

on Bugguide