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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Emeralds (Geometrinae) » Nemoriini » Nemoria » Red-fringed Emerald - Hodges#7046 (Nemoria bistriaria)
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unidentified Emerald - Nemoria bistriaria
Copyright © 2008 Seabrooke Leckie

unidentified Emerald - Nemoria bistriaria
near Milton, Halton, Ontario, Canada
June 3, 2008
Size: approx 1 inch
This very worn moth came to a blacklight. Habitat includes mixed woods, maple swamp, and shrubby areas. Can't seem to find anything that has such a prominent red wash to the green wings the way this does.
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Contributed by Seabrooke Leckie on 5 June, 2008 - 9:23pm
Last updated 23 August, 2008 - 6:31pm

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… tom murray, 23 August, 2008 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Nemoria bistriaria
This male specimen is a bit worn, but based on wing and abdomen markings and your note of the red/brown wash, as well as the geographic location in Ontario, it is almost certainly Nemoria bistriaria, prob subspecies siccifolia. N bistriaria has cool weather (usually spring, May here in PA) forms that are brown instead of green, and some adults that develop at a threshold temperature are green with a light sprinkling of reddish brown scales as your specimen appears to show. You can see more images of Nemoria bistriaria (green and brown) as well as other Nemoria at our Geometrine website at http://ourfcs.friendscentral.org/moths
… John Gruber, 13 August, 2008 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

This appears to fall within G
This appears to fall within Geometrinae (Emeralds), but I can't figure out which one b/c it is so worn. Maybe someone more experienced will be able to ID it for you. 8:)
Nina
… Nina, 6 June, 2008 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

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