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Large Maple Spanworm - Hodges#6982 (Prochoerodes lineola)
Photo#4931
Copyright © 2004
Erik Blosser
Leaf-like moth -
Prochoerodes lineola
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
This moth is rather large and looks very much like a leaf. Anybody know what kind it is?
Contributed by
Erik Blosser
on 17 July, 2004 - 5:51pm
Last updated 1 June, 2005 - 10:51pm
Geometrid
A geometrid of some sort. There are quite a few similar looking ones but this might be
Prochoerodes transversata
:
Photo
at Maryland Moths
Can anyone say for sure. It's a good pic that we could add to the guide.
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Troy Bartlett
, 17 July, 2004 - 7:34pm
Prochoerodes looks good to me
Gosh, Troy, that looks good to me. Reading the desciption in Covell, he says it is similar to Curve-toothed geometer (Eutrapela clemataria, plate 55 #1), but that has scalloped edges on its wings. This moth does not. Covell lists as common.
NCSU
has 76 pinned, pretty common. One of the Maryland Moths photos is a dead ringer. Other images:
Lynn Scott
Insects of Cedar Creek
Bob Patterson
--really knows moths well. One photo is very close.
I've seen Procherodes before here in Durham, I believe, I'll have to dig out the slide.
Summary: Procherodes transversata (now lineola?) looks good enough for me, for what that's worth.
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
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Cotinis
, 17 July, 2004 - 9:32pm
Large Maple Spanworm
I agree - moved from Geometrid Moths section. Apparently, lineola is the only Prochoerodes species in the east.
(the old Maryland Moth link is dead, and the
new one
has no photo; the Cedar Creek link is currently inaccesible, as the site is down again)
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Robin McLeod
, 10 January, 2005 - 12:18am