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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 » Paleacrita » Spring Cankerworm Moth - Hodges#6662 (Paleacrita vernata)
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Moth - Paleacrita vernata - male
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Moth - Paleacrita vernata - Male
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 27, 2009
Size: 12 mm (wing length)
Perched with body horizonal and wings in vertical plane, rotated to BugGuide standard orientation.
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 27 March, 2009 - 6:14pm
Last updated 24 March, 2018 - 6:20pm

Moved
Moved from Fall Cankerworm Moth.
… John F. Carr, 13 April, 2009 - 6:15am login or register to post comments

Spring Cankerworm
Oh Dear! I got it wrong. This is Paleacrita vernata instead. Sorry. It also fits the season better. They have show up now at my place in Minnesota too. Will you move it please?
… David E. Reed, 12 April, 2009 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Fall Cankerworm?
This looks a lot like Alsophila pometaria
… David E. Reed, 27 March, 2009 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Can't tell
I didn't realize this was a Geometrid.

It is similar to the Fall Cankerworm, but isn't the season wrong? (It might be dead and still stuck to its perch, but probably not for months.)
… John F. Carr, 27 March, 2009 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Alsophila pometaria
They were very common at my place in Minnesota last fall. I see them listed in Bugguide as present as adults in March in Virginia but I would not expect them to be common. I wonder if it overwintered as an adult because it does not seem that their life cycle would allow otherwise.
… David E. Reed, 27 March, 2009 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Fall Cankerworm
Yes, I found an article that says they overwinter as adults and eggs.
Forest Pests Article
… David E. Reed, 27 March, 2009 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

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