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Species Nemoria mimosaria - White-Fringed Emerald - Hodges#7048
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Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Geometrinae (Emeralds)
Tribe Nemoriini
Genus Nemoria
Species mimosaria (White-Fringed Emerald - Hodges#7048)
Other Common Names Flanged Looper Synonyms and other taxonomic changes Nemoria mimosaria (Guenée, [1858])
Aplodes mimosaria Guenée, [1858]
Iodis tractaria Walker, 1861
Hipparchiscus venustus Walsh, 1864
Aplodes latiaria Packard, 1873
Aplodes coniferaria Packard, 1884
* phylogenetic sequence # 207150 Size Forewing length: ♂ 10.5-14 mm, ♀ 12-14 mm. (1)
Identification Adult: A rather small, bright green geometrid with two white transverse lines. N. unitaria has the white hindwing PM line closer to the wing base (about halfway to the margin), while mimosaria has the line more than halfway from the wing base to the outer margin; the PM and AM are also often connected forming a U-shaped white line on the hindwing rather than two discrete lines which meet the anal margin. The other two Alberta Nemoria, rubrifrontaria and darwiniata, have more than one pink-ringed abdominal spot, mimosaria has at most one spot, never encircled in pink.
Larva: - see photo (p.94) in Maier et al. in Print References.
Range Nova Scotia to southeastern Alberta, south to Virginia, Illinois and east Texas (E.H Strickland Museum). (3)Season Most records of adults from May through July. (3)
Mature larva present August through October. (2)Food Many known larval hosts. Frequently found on oak, white birch and balsam fir but also hemlock, tamarack, willow, spruce, ash, cherry, hawthorn, maple, beech and probably other shrubs and forest trees. (1), (2), (4)Life Cycle Overwinters as pupa in soil or debris. (2)
Larva; adult
See Also Wavy-lined Emerald ( Synchlora aerata) wing lines are scalloped, not smooth, and abdomen has a white dorsal line, not round spots as in Nemoria species. Print References Ferguson, D.C. 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Peabody Museum Nat. Hist. Bulletin 29: 113-115, pl.46, f.6-8 (1)
Ferguson, D.C. 1985. Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 18.1: p.66; pl.3.25-29 (5)
Maier, C.T., C.R. Lemmon, J.M. Fengler, D.F. Schweitzer, R.C. Reardon 2011. Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States (Revised). USDA FHTET-2011-07: 1-153 ( 20Mb PDF) (2)
Wagner, D.L., V. Giles, R.C. Reardon, M.L. McManus 1998. Caterpillars of Eastern Forests. USDA Forest Service FHTET-96-34: p.83 ( Google Book) (4)Works Cited | 2. | Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States (Revised).
Chris T. Maier, Carol R. Lemmon, Jeff. M. Fengler, Dale F. Schweitzer. Richard, C. Reardon. 2011. USDA FHTET-2011-07: 1-153. | |
| 4. | Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus. 1998. U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. | |
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