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Species Lomographa vestaliata - White Spring Moth - Hodges#6667

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
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 Ennominae
Tribe Baptini
Genus Lomographa
Species vestaliata (White Spring Moth - Hodges#6667)
Hodges Number
6667
Size
wingspan 15-26 mm
Identification
See Rindge, 1979 (1)
Adult: wings shiny, transluscent white, without markings (2)
legs white or pale gray; underside of forewing costa may be dark gray, especially at base; antennae simple, dark except for white base

Larva: top of head reddish-brown edged with black; body with faint dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines; cryptically colored to blend in with underside of host leaves on which it rests
Range
Newfoundland to northern Florida, west to Texas, north to Saskatchewan (plus one record from Alberta) (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Habitat
dry shrubby areas, valley slopes, coulees
Season
adults fly from March to September in the south; May to July in the north
Food
larvae feed on leaves of apple, Blue-beech (Carpinus caroliniana), cherry, hawthorn, hornbeam, maple, mountain-ash, Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius), oak, pear, snowberry (Symphoricarpos spp.), and Viburnum species
Life Cycle
one generation per year; overwinters as a pupa
Remarks
adults fly during the day and at night, and are attracted to light
See Also
Protitame virginalis and Cabera variolaria are similar, but have speckling on the wings, and males have pectinate antennae (simple in Lomographa)
Eudeilinia herminiata (a Drepanid) is also pure white, but has dark gray forelegs and usually has gray spots or light brown lines on wings ( 1, 2 )
Snowy Geometer (Eugonobapta nivosaria) has a more pointed hindwing and is generally larger
Print References
"Peterson's Field Guide to Moths", page 359, plate 48 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
live adult images (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
larva description (David Wagner and Valerie Giles, Caterpillars of Eastern Forests; USGS)
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the North American Moths of the Genus Lomographa (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1979. American Museum Novitates 2673: 1-18.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.South Carolina Moth Species
5.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 July, 2004 - 11:15pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Nick Block
Last updated 14 July, 2020 - 12:01pm

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