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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 » Ourapterygini » Eutrapela » Curve-toothed Geometer - Hodges#6966 (Eutrapela clemataria)
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Curve-toothed Geometer? - Eutrapela clemataria
Copyright © 2006 Matthew Roth

Curve-toothed Geometer? - Eutrapela clemataria
Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 20, 2005
Size: 4cm wingspan
A specimen from my collection. I belive this is a Curve-toothed Geometer. Looks very similar to this photo:



Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
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Contributed by Matthew Roth on 7 January, 2006 - 12:01pm
Last updated 7 January, 2006 - 4:35pm

Yes, I think so!
I may have finally learned these two confusing moths, having made so many errors on them:

Curve-toothed Geometer, Eutrapela clemataria:
Margins of wings gently scalloped.
Short distal section of postmedian line (near tip of forewing), curves inward, not outward.

Both marks visible in your photo.

Large Maple Spanworm Moth Prochoerodes transversata:
Margins of wings not scalloped.
Short distal section of postmedian line (near tip of forewing), curves outward, not inward.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 7 January, 2006 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the info!
… Matthew Roth, 7 January, 2006 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

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