Biology:Nematocampa resistaria

Short description: Species of moth

Nematocampa resistaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Ourapterygini
Genus:	Nematocampa
Species:	N. resistaria
Binomial name
Nematocampa resistaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]
Synonyms
Eugonobapta brunneolineata Hulst, 1900 Nematocampa expunctaria Grote, 1872 Nematocampa filamentaria Guenée, [1858] Ania limbaria chagnoni Swett, 1913 Phalaena limbata Haworth, 1809 Nematocampa orfordensis Cassino & Swett, 1922 Microgonia vestitaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]

Nematocampa resistaria, the filament bearer, bordered thorn or horned spanworm moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It is found in North America from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and California .

Caterpillar

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).

External links

• "Species Details Nematocampa resistaria". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. 2007. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-6084. 
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Wikidata ☰ Q15687192 entry