Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

5 June 2003   9:38PM EDT  (top)
16 May 2001   10:49PM  (bottom)

The forewing of Nedra ramosula is streaked with silver gray, brown and white on a black background, and when I look at the streaking, I have the impression that the lines are somewhat interwoven, some on top of the others.  Note the narrow, elongated orbicular spot almost completely outlined in black and filled with brownish gray.  The reniform spot is partially outlined in white, especially around the lower end, and filled with brown which spills out into a brown streak extending nearly to the terminal line. The streaks end in sharp points of silver white extending into the fringe along the outer margin.  The wingspan ranges from 2.8 to 4.8 cm.

The larvae of Nedra ramosula feed on St. Johnswort (Covell, 1983).  Handfield (1999) indicates two generations of this moth in my general area, with adult flight seasons from mid-May to late June, and from early July to early September.

I have photographed this species in 2001, on 16 May, 11 June and 25 July; in 2002, on 31 May, on 7 and 30 June, on 30 July, and on 11 August; in 2003, on 17, 23 and 26 May, on 2, 4, 5 and 15 June, and on 23 and 30 July.