Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Nemoria bistriaria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Nemoriini Rank Species | |
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Similar Nemoria, Nemoria mimosaria, Dichorda iridaria, Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria, Hypagyrtis unipunctata | ||
Red fringed emerald moth nemoria bistriaria from basti bohar pk
Nemoria bistriaria, the red-fringed emerald or two-striped emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from New Brunswick to Florida, west to Texas, north to Ontario.
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The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October in the south and from May to August in the north. There are at least two generations per year.
The species occurs in a seasonal brown form where the green colour of the wings is entirely replaced by a light coffee colour.
The larvae of ssp. siccifolia feed on Quercus alba, while larvae of the nominate subspecies have been recorded on Juglans nigra, Betula nigra and Quercus.
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