Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, [1799])
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Phalaena Geometra strigata O. F. Müller, 1764
Nemoria alboundulata (Hedemann, 1879)
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Phylogenetic sequence # 208050
Numbers
The only named species of
Hemithea in America north of Mexico.
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(1)Identification
This distinctive pale green species has a sharp angle in the hindwing. The fringes are brown and white checkered. Body green with reddish-brown at the tail end.
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Range
British Columbia and Washington.
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Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Ferguson mentions only July specimens.
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Moth Photographers Group has May to August records.
(3)Food
Larvae feed on many shrubs and both coniferous and hardwood trees including Eastern White-cedar and Larch.
(1)Remarks
Common in Europe. First North American report in 1979 (Doganlar & Beirne, 1979), centered in Vancouver, B.C. and expected to spread outwards from there.
(1)See Also
No other western species has sharply angled hindwing and brown and white checkered fringes.
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Compare to related species on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 1985. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 18.1. p. 121.
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Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 221, pl. 31.24.
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