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Common Angle Moth
Macaria aemulataria
33.6249, -81.9651
Field Notes
Description:
Geometrid Moth (Family Geometridae): Adult: forewing falcate (having sickle-shaped indentation along outer margin near apex) with off-white to pale brown ground color; three yellowish-brown lines cross the wing; large blackish blotch along postmedial (PM) line near middle of wing is composed of five separate pieces; hindwing conspicuously pointed and similar color to forewing but has no dark markings; terminal line dashed on all wings.
Larva: body green with whitish stripes; some specimens have two black spots on second abdominal segment. Wingspan is 20-22 mm.
Habitat:
Range is Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Oregon and Alberta. This one was photographed at a porch light at the edge of a southern deciduous forest in the midlands of South Carolina.
Notes:
Larvae feed on leaves of maple only (reports of locust and other hosts in the literature are in error). Adults fly from May to September in Ohio; June and July in Alberta. Hodges#6326; Per BAMONA, this spotting is a new species record for Edgefield County, SC.
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