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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Geometroidea » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Alsophilinae » Alsophila » Fall Cankerworm Moth - Hodges#6258 (Alsophila pometaria)
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Moth - Alsophila pometaria - male
Copyright © 2009 WonGun Kim

Moth - Alsophila pometaria - Male
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
March 15, 2009
Please help with the ID.

A female image

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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 15 March, 2009 - 2:47pm
Last updated 15 March, 2009 - 11:05pm

6258 -- Fall Cankerworm Moth -- Alsophila pometaria
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 15 March, 2009 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Bob!
Then, is the following female the same species?

… WonGun Kim, 15 March, 2009 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes....
.... females of a number of geometrids are wingless or have only stubby little wings.
… Bob Patterson, 15 March, 2009 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much.
Now, I have a pair of this moth images!
… WonGun Kim, 15 March, 2009 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

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