Nemoria mimosaria

Nemoria mimosaria
	Caterpillar stage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Nemoriini
Genus:	Nemoria
Species:	N. mimosaria
Binomial name
	Nemoria mimosaria; (Guenée, [1858])
Synonyms
	Aplodes mimosaria Guenée, 1857; Iodis tractaria Walker, 1861; Hipparchiscus venustus Walsh, 1864; Aplodes approximaria Packard, 1873; Aplodes latiaria Packard, 1873; Aplodes coniferaria Packard, 1884;

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.

Adult specimen

References

"910629.00 – 7048 – Nemoria mimosaria – White-Fringed Emerald Moth – (Guenée, [1858])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
Schmidt, B. C. (August 2003). "Species Details Nemoria mimosaria". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
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