Female Geometrid adult specimen_023 - Nemoria intensaria

Moved to Nemoria intensaria

Moved from Nemoria festaria.

"I’d call the moth in the image intensaria because it is a dead ringer in Ferguson’s monograph for that species, which was described originally from Utah." Chris Schmidt pers comm. 09/13/2017. He also notes that this along with albilineata and caerulescens may get lumped with festaria at some point in the future.

… Steve Nanz, 13 September, 2017 - 1:39pm

gorgeous life cycle

Hi Nicky,

Can I link to this from my life cycles site: Buglifecycles.com? I'd love to have you as a contributor.

… marcie oconnor, 6 January, 2011 - 10:22am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 January, 2011 - 7:26pm

Probably 7044 - Nemoria festaria "type albilineata"

I sent the photo to John Gruber who specializes in the Geometrinae. See his website. John thinks that N. albilineata (7044.1) and N. festaria are a single species in need of further study. He will probably contact you regarding specifics of the collecting locality to enable him to acquire needed research specimens.

Please contact me at BPatter789@aol.com regarding permission to display photos of moths and larvae that you post here also on plates and species pages at Moth Photographers Group. Thanks.

… Bob Patterson, 5 January, 2011 - 7:03pm

Dates

The pinned images shouldn't have the image date as it implies the moth would be active as an adult on that date. It should either be the date the adult emerged or blank.

The date on the adult live image may need to also be blanked if it was raised indoors, because that may have thrown off the normal growth cycle. I'm not sure.

… John R. Maxwell, 5 January, 2011 - 11:55am

life cycle

This specimen photo and the newly emerged female photo were the result of my persuading the pupa to develop and emerge by exposing it to light 24 hours a day and by misting it daily to imitate springtime in the desert. I had two pupae and just the female developed and emerged. The other pupae is in hibernation in a refrigerator with a container of water in it to keep the pupa from getting dehydrated. I'm trying to keep the temperature at 31 degrees F. That may be about the same as it would be in the desert under dried host plant leaves and a covering of snow to insulate it. If these must feed on the fall blooming eriogonums, the adults would emerge in time to allow the caterpillars to feed on the blooms. These may be fine eating leaves or even other plants, though. So their natural timing is unknown to me.

… Nicky Davis, 15 January, 2011 - 2:21pm

Good points...

...that I overlooked entirely. Thanks for cleaning up after me. :)

… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 January, 2011 - 12:17pm

I raise a lot of bugs indoors (mostly spiders)

and still mess it up once in a while!

… John R. Maxwell, 5 January, 2011 - 3:16pm

This is just an educated guess,

but I think it might be Nemoria festaria.

… David J. Ferguson, 4 January, 2011 - 10:22pm

Incidentally...

I noticed that all of the shots in this series display the same date. You'll want to edit them so that each shows the date the photograph was taken. While you're editing, please be sure that the "adult" or "immature" box is checked as appropriate for each image. Thanks!

… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 January, 2011 - 6:52pm

Judging mainly by the caterpillar...

...I'm guessing this might be something in Nemoria.

That's not an ID--just a possibility to consider while waiting for the lep experts to tell you what it really is. :)

… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 January, 2011 - 6:41pm