Also called the Variegated Leafroller, the Black-shaded Platynota Moth (
Platynota flavedana) is a member of the tribe
Sparganothini, subfamily
Tortricinae, family
Tortricidae. Larvae can be quite destructive through feeding and rolling leaves for their cocoons. Adults are sexually dimorphic. I found this male specimen resting on Azalea (one of its many host plants).
References:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/57428
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG136/cater13.html (info & drawings of genus
Platynota)
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=3732
http://idtools.org/id/leps/tortai/Platynota_flavedana.htm
http://www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu/VLR.html
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