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MothEmerald07252019_AC - Nemoria
Copyright © 2019 Rich

MothEmerald07252019_AC - Nemoria
Anita C. Leight Estuary Center, Harford County, Maryland, USA
July 25, 2019
Possibly the White-Barred Emerald - Nemoria bifilata? Thanks!
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Contributed by Rich on 26 July, 2019 - 2:52pm
Last updated 31 August, 2019 - 10:31am

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… Marcia Morris, 31 August, 2019 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

Nemoria bistriaria seems most likely
Hi Rich - where you are in Harford County, that moth would either be Nemoria bistriaria or Nemoria lixaria. Both are present in northeastern Maryland, and they can look similar at times. Lixaria is pretty variable, but it often (not always) has black discal spots to some degree and sometimes a slightly dentate pm line. Eastern N. bifilata bifilata would have a white stripe rather than spots on the abdomen. So my vote is for bistriaria (but lixaria not out of the question) - you can see our pages on all three of those species here:

http://moths.friendscentral.org/nemoria-bistriaria.html
http://moths.friendscentral.org/nemoria-lixaria.html
http://moths.friendscentral.org/nemoria-bifilata.html
… John Gruber, 1 August, 2019 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for
the information. So I guess this will go in as N. sp?
… Rich, 24 August, 2019 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

Columbian Emerald Moth - Nemoria darwiniata
Looks very much like our Columbian Emerald Moth - Nemoria darwiniata.
… Tim Zurowski, 26 July, 2019 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Indeed
I looked at that in MPG - all sightings were on the west coast.
… Rich, 26 July, 2019 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

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