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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Caberini » Cabera » The Vestal - Hodges#6678 (Cabera variolaria)
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The Vestal - Cabera variolaria
Copyright © 2005 Robin McLeod

The Vestal - Cabera variolaria
Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada
August 16, 2004
Came to porch light. Larva is known as Pink-striped Willow Spanworm. The ID of this one as Cabera variolaria is very iffy. Check these images and links to 3 other similar species in the Guide, and see what you think.
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 February, 2005 - 8:25pm
Last updated 18 December, 2005 - 12:47pm

Not sure what it is....
Not sure what it is but I don't think it's The Vestal. The hind wings look broad and almost straight across where the vestal's hind wings seem to be very rounded. The fore-wings look to pointy as well and if you look closely there is a faint pm line. The vestal doesn't have a pm line. My first thought was maybe an emerald where the light might be playing tricks with the color. I don't know what it is but I don't think it's the vestal.
… Jason M. Crockwell, 10 August, 2015 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Foreshortening
Not sure about the ID but I'm not sure there is an issue with wing shape either. The angle at which this image was taken is a bit from in front of the head causing the subject to be foreshortened. That would make the forewings seem pointier and the hind wings shorter.
… Steve Nanz, 3 June, 2016 - 4:29am login or register to post comments

 
Nevermind.
I just read that there can be a line but I agree that the id feels uneasy.
… Jason M. Crockwell, 10 August, 2015 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

Could be
But I share your doubts. The forewing shape might be variable, but it certainly looks different here than in the reference photos. This one has more "pointy" forewings.
… Troy Bartlett, 6 February, 2005 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
other possibilities...
may turn up too, so I moved this one to the Geometrid Moths section for now.
… Robin McLeod, 7 February, 2005 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
C. variolaria
Update: I see that Bob Patterson has put a copy of this image under Cabera variolaria at MPG.
The forelegs on this specimen are definitely not dark gray, which rules out Protitame virginalis. See Guide page for distinguishing characteristics and links to other images.
Image moved from Geometridae to species page.
… Robin McLeod, 18 December, 2005 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

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