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White Geometrid #1 - Cabera variolaria - male
Copyright © 2020 Nigel Grindley

White Geometrid #1 - Cabera variolaria - Male
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
June 14, 2018
Protitame virginalis or Cabera variolaria and presumably a male (note the antennae).
Contributed by Nigel Grindley on 19 April, 2020 - 5:12pm
Last updated 6 March, 2021 - 11:56am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 19 April, 2020 - 8:16pm

white spring moth?
Looks like a white spring moth... Lomographa vestaliata
… RoyalChman, 19 April, 2020 - 7:02pm

 
Not Lomographa
Good try but that's one it cannot be. The L. vestaliata antennae are 'simple, dark except for white base'; these are pectinate.
… Nigel Grindley, 19 April, 2020 - 7:41pm

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