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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 » Bistonini » Biston » Pepper & Salt Geometer - Hodges#6640 (Biston betularia)
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Geometrid - Biston betularia
Copyright © 2017 Alice Abela

Geometrid - Biston betularia
Indian Road area, Los Padres National Forest, Monterey County, California, USA
May 6, 2017
Size: ~4cm
Larva on interior live oak (Quercus wislizeni)
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 11 May, 2017 - 10:39pm
Last updated 2 September, 2018 - 7:34pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 2 September, 2018 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

Biston looks better than Phae
Biston looks better than Phaeoura, considering the comparative lack of warts and ridges and the orange spiracles (though the strongly bifid head is not clear from this angle).
… jim sogaard, 2 September, 2018 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

Yes, a much better fit
We never noticed the fringe on these before but can certainly see it now that you point it out to us! See here
… john and jane balaban, 12 May, 2017 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

With the fringe between the abdominal and anal prolegs
we wonder if it is related to
… john and jane balaban, 11 May, 2017 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like...
Looks like it could be related / in that genus. Whatever these are, I've also seen them feeding on coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica) and toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
… Alice Abela, 11 May, 2017 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Or...
Maybe something like http://bugguide.net/node/view/19107/bgimage
… Alice Abela, 11 May, 2017 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

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