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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 » Alsophilini » Alsophila » Fall Cankerworm - Hodges#6258 (Alsophila pometaria)
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Wingless insect - Alsophila pometaria - female
Copyright © 2011 Dorothy E. Pugh

Wingless insect - Alsophila pometaria - Female
Third Fork Trail, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
November 28, 2011
Size: 8 mm?
This insect has moderately long, skinny antennae (barely visible) lying back.
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 28 November, 2011 - 1:11pm
Last updated 9 December, 2011 - 1:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Quinn, 29 November, 2011 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

it's a geometrid moth...
… v belov, 28 November, 2011 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I have hazy memories of wingless adult females of one species of moth.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 28 November, 2011 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
others will no doubt direct you to the right place...
i know squat about leps
… v belov, 28 November, 2011 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
fall cankerworm?
Looks like a female Alsophila pometaria, fall cankerworm moth.
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 28 November, 2011 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I think it fits. I wish I could have gotten more detail.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 28 November, 2011 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

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