Phalaenostola eumelusalis

The Punctuated Owlet (Phalaenostola eumelusalis) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from New Brunswick, North Dakota and South Dakota to Maine, south to Georgia and Iowa. In the north it is also found in Saskatchewan.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August. There seem to be two generations per year.

Larvae have been reared on dead grass.