Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Metanema inatomaria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Hypochrosini Rank Species | |
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Similar Plagodis phlogosaria, Butterflies and moths, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Lomographa glomeraria, Euchlaena | ||
Pale metanema metanema inatomaria
Metanema inatomaria, the pale metanema or yellow-lined thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from east-central British Columbia and southern Northwest Territories and Yukon, east to Nova Scotia, south to Mississippi, Texas and Arizona.
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The wingspan is 25-36 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to mid July.
The larvae mainly feed on Populus and occasionally Salix species.
Pale metanema moth geometridae metanema inatomaria
References
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