Lorquin's Angle

Speranza lorquinaria

Adult: forewing variably light gray to light brownish-yellow with 3 dark spots in subterminal area -- two together near costa and one about mid-way across wing; PM line gently wavy, and AM line straight, both lines dark with pale edge along medial side, and both lines stop before reaching costa; discal spot consists of a short oblique dash; usually some darker shading beyond PM line; hindwing paler than forewing, lightly speckled, with faint discal spot and indistinct whitish PM line
Lorquin's Angle there's always something new to see... found when I took a walk to kill time while waiting for my car to have it's oil changed.. Geotagged,Lorquin's Angle,Speranza lorquinaria,Summer,United States,moth week 2018

Appearance

Adult: forewing variably light gray to light brownish-yellow with 3 dark spots in subterminal area -- two together near costa and one about mid-way across wing; PM line gently wavy, and AM line straight, both lines dark with pale edge along medial side, and both lines stop before reaching costa; discal spot consists of a short oblique dash; usually some darker shading beyond PM line; hindwing paler than forewing, lightly speckled, with faint discal spot and indistinct whitish PM line
Lorquin's Angle Macaria lorquinaria Geotagged,Lorquin's Angle,Speranza lorquinaria,Summer,United States

Naming

Elpiste lorquinaria
Macaria lorquinaria

Distribution

California to British Columbia

Food

larvae feed on leaves of alder, birch, willow, Grand Fir, and Douglas-fir

References:

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGeometridae
GenusSperanza
SpeciesSperanza lorquinaria
Photographed in
United States of America