Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Nematocampa resistaria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Ourapterygini Rank Species | |
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Similar Ennomos magnaria, Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria, Prochoerodes lineola, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Eusarca confusaria | ||
Horned spanworm moth caterpillar nematocampa resistaria
Nematocampa resistaria, commonly known as the filament bearer, bordered thorn or horned spanworm moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and California.
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This species was split from the Eurasian Nematocampa limbata.
The wingspan is 19-25 mm. Adults are on wing from May (or April in the deep south) to August. There is one generation in the north, two generations in the middle states and multiple generations in the southern part of the range.
Larvae feed on various deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs, including Pseudotsuga, Tsuga, Abies, Picea, Salix, Betula papyrifera, Corylus, Fragaria and carrot (Daucus).
Nematocampa resistaria
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