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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 » Boarmiini

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Copyright © 2015 Edward L. Ruden

Moth, dorsal

Lincoln National Forest, Guadalupe Ranger District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
August 5, 2015
Size: 15.9 mm Forewing

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This moth came to a mercury vapor lamp set-up on 05 August 2015 in Turkey Canyon at 5400 ft. elevation on Forest Road 527, Lincoln National Forest, Guadalupe Ranger District within Queen 7.5 minute quadrangle, Eddy Co., NM. Several other insect images from this event are posted.

Size is determined from the sheet it's on having 80 by 100 threads per inch.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 20 September, 2015 - 11:01am
Last updated 24 February, 2017 - 8:50pm

Moved

Moved from Ennominae.

… Tony Leukering, 24 February, 2017 - 8:50pm

Moved

Moved from Geometrid Moths.

… Kyhl Austin, 29 May, 2016 - 4:30pm

Moved

Moved from Moths.

… Edward L. Ruden, 20 October, 2015 - 5:01pm

Re: Moth, dorsal

I'm not familiar with New Mexico moths, but it looks like a Zale species to me.

… Jay Greenberg, 6 October, 2015 - 12:35pm

Not Geometridae?

Thanks for your help, but I've been thinking it's more likely Geometridae. They generally have slender bodies and spread their wings out flat like this, according to the Info page. Zale's wings spread out flat too, but have chubby bodies like this, typical of Erebidae.

I did post a Zale insidua pic taken the same evening, incidentally.

… Edward L. Ruden, 6 October, 2015 - 9:34pm

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