Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

5 June 2002   1:00AM EST  (top)
5 June 2002   1:47AM EST  (center left)
5 June 2002   1:46AM EST  (center right)
2 June 2002   9:34PM EST  (bottom)

The top and center left images are of the same individual; the center right image is of a second specimen present at the same time.

Live specimens of Hyperaeschra georgica may be seen at rest with its wings held close to the body in the shape of a peaked roof (center right), or in a more flattened position (center left).  Covell (1984) describes the forewing as yellowish with gray overlay and black streaks; thanks to the streaks and the zig-zags of the antemedial and postmedial lines, I see it as a bit of a patchwork pattern.  The am and pm lines are accented with white on the side away from the medial area.  The specimens I have photographed are generally consistent in having a very noticeably lighter-colored "patch" on the forewing in the center of the basal area inside a large zig in the am line, still noticeable even in darker specimens (bottom photo).  When the moth spreads its wings, you can clearly see a black tuft projecting from halfway along the inner margin of the forewing (top).  When the moth rests in a "tent" position, the tufts project upwards from the peak; you can see the shadow of the tufts in the center right photo. 

The larvae of Hyperaeschra georgica generally feed on oak, especially red oak.  In my general area, according to Handfield (1999), the adult may be observed from late May to late July.

I have photographed this species in 2002 on 2, 5, 9, 11, 19, 20 and 25 June.