Nemoria mimosaria | |
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Caterpillar stage | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Nemoria |
Species: | N. mimosaria
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Binomial name | |
Nemoria mimosaria (
Guenée, [1858])
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Synonyms | |
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Nemoria mimosaria, the white-fringed emerald or flanged looper, is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. The species was
first described by
Achille Guenée in 1858.
[1] It is found from
Nova Scotia to south-eastern
Alberta, south to
Virginia,
Illinois, and
Texas.
The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults are on wing from mid to late June.
The larvae feed on various deciduous shrubs and trees and conifer trees, including Betula papyrifera, Abies balsamifera, Salix, Alnus, and Myrica asplenifolia.
Nemoria mimosaria | |
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![]() | |
Caterpillar stage | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Nemoria |
Species: | N. mimosaria
|
Binomial name | |
Nemoria mimosaria (
Guenée, [1858])
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Nemoria mimosaria, the white-fringed emerald or flanged looper, is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. The species was
first described by
Achille Guenée in 1858.
[1] It is found from
Nova Scotia to south-eastern
Alberta, south to
Virginia,
Illinois, and
Texas.
The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults are on wing from mid to late June.
The larvae feed on various deciduous shrubs and trees and conifer trees, including Betula papyrifera, Abies balsamifera, Salix, Alnus, and Myrica asplenifolia.