Anarta decepta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883 from Colorado and is found along the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. It was first discovered in Hawaii in light trap catches made in the Pearl Harbor area on Oahu in the autumn of 1947.

Anarta decepta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Anarta
Species:
A. decepta
Binomial name
Anarta decepta
Grote, 1883
Synonyms
  • Trichoclea postica Smith, 1891
  • Anarta postica (Smith, 1891)
  • Trichoclea decepta

The wingspan is 28–29 mm.

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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
  • "932845.00 – 10259 – Anarta decepta – (Grote, 1883)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved July 23, 2018.