Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth

This one was also a little challenge for me! It is always helpful if you at least know the family. Here is a link for some typical silhouettes of moths: http://bugguide.net/node/view/21675 Then starts the hard work of searching and comparing. Bugguide is an excellent site forsearching families, tribes and genus. I usually use my 5-1-5-1 system: 5 seconds for the family, 1 minute for the genus and 5 minutes for the species and another 1hour for special cases, after that I give up and try maybe another time. Make some bookmarks of website where you fel comfortable to search, but as already mentioned above, bugguide is the best for me...

Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Orthosiini, Orthosia hibisci. Please, verify! http://bugguide.net/node/view/4865/bgimage