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Emerald Moth

Nemoria sp.

Photo by Latimeria
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Field Notes

Description:

Mostly green, with a few orange spots on its abdomen and with orange fringing its wings.

Notes:

Drawn to light at night. The species can't be identified from just this picture.

Reference Links:

Genus Nemoria - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Latimeria
Thanks Martin. I actually have the genus narrowed down for this species--Nemoria, I just haven't updated this spotting yet. Unfortunately, you're right, I'm not sure that I can get it down to species from just this photo.
MartinL
This is an emerald moth Family=geometridae They are hard to ID from photos

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