Pearly wood-nymph

The Pearly Wood-Nymph is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of the eastern United States from central New Hampshire and southern Ontario, south to southern Florida. In the west it ranges to the eastern Great Plains, south to southern Texas and Veracruz along the eastern coast of Mexico. There are isolated populations in central Utah and California. The wingspan is 26-35 mm.
Adults are on wing from May to August and mimic bird droppings. The larvae feed on Vitis, Oenothera biennis, Ludwigia, Lythrum, Decodon verticillatus and Hibiscus.