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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Emeralds (Geometrinae) » Nemoriini » Nemoria » Cypress Emerald Moth - Hodges#7029 (Nemoria elfa)
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White-fringed Emerald? - Nemoria elfa
Copyright © 2013 sastro

White-fringed Emerald? - Nemoria elfa
Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland, USA
May 1, 2013
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Contributed by sastro on 31 October, 2013 - 11:07pm
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 3:06pm

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… roar, 27 November, 2013 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

Nemoria elfa - Pocomoke Cypress
Hello - I've collected Nemoria elfa from the State Forest lands around Snow Hill and feel confident that is what you have posted here (note the unmarked abdomen). You can see our site with photos of both the adult moths and the larvae obn cypress at our website here:

http://ourfcs.friendscentral.org/moths/

with a specific page on N. elfa here:
http://ourfcs.friendscentral.org/moths/nemoria_elfa.htm

Thanks for posting !
… John Gruber, 18 November, 2013 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

also try Nemoria elfa - Cypress Emerald Moth
Also check out Nemoria elfa - Cypress Emerald Moth


The discal spots on the wings and lack of red-bordered spots or white lengthwise strips on the abdomen seem to line up with this species.

Nancy (not an expert)
… nancy dowd, 2 November, 2013 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

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