The Mulberry Wing
This is only the fourth time that I've come across the Two-lined Hooktip (Drepana bilinieata). For what it's worth, each one has come in a different month. The first of those records happened to be Jamaica Bay's first record, back on July 9, 2001. This one is the second site record -- another one of the interesting records the I referred to found on the walls of the Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center on April 28. The species is one of only four members of its family, Drepanidae, found in the Northeast.

Moth of the Week © 2007 Steve Walter