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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-bordered Emerald - Hodges#7033 (Nemoria lixaria)
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Emerald - Nemoria lixaria - female
Copyright © 2015 John R. Maxwell

Emerald - Nemoria lixaria - Female
Historic Smithville Park, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 5, 2014
Maybe Nemoria lixaria (Red-bordered Emerald - Hodges#7033)
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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 1 November, 2015 - 1:03am
Last updated 2 June, 2020 - 5:20pm

Moved
Moved from Nemoria.
… Bob Biagi, 2 June, 2020 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

Female
The lines are jagged, which helps to rule out similar species, such as Nemoria bistriaria.
… Bob Biagi, 2 June, 2020 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Is this one IDable?
… John R. Maxwell, 4 June, 2020 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Emeralds.
… Kyhl Austin, 28 December, 2015 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 12 December, 2015 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 8 December, 2015 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

Agree
The red-ringed abdominal spots and tiny black discal spots are diagnostic
Z
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 7 November, 2015 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Nemoria bistriaria has red-ringed abdominal spots as well
.
… Kyhl Austin, 12 December, 2015 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I think
BG mostly sorts them based on whether or not they have black dots. Not sure if that is a valid method, but I think that is how it is often done.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 December, 2015 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Black discal spots not valid ...
Max, I see that N. bistriaria may also have black discal spots. The terminal line separates the two, with N. lixaria being wider and brighter red. It's thin and dull on N. bistriaria.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 December, 2015 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

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