Photedes defecta

Photedes defecta, the narrow-winged borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.^[1] The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America from Maryland and Massachusetts north to New Brunswick, west to North Dakota and British Columbia.

Photedes defecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Photedes
Species:	P. defecta
Binomial name
Photedes defecta (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
Senta defecta Grote, 1874 Chortodes defecta Hypocoena (Chortodes) defecta Hypocoena defecta (Grote, 1874)

The wingspan is 25–27 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September. There is one generation per year, but there might be a smaller second brood in mid to late September.