Dark Metanema

Metanema determinata

2.4-3 cm wingspan. Similar to pale metanema, but darker gray. Black discal spots are smaller or none.
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Naming

Hodges #6820

Distribution

Newfoundland to New Jersey and Kentucky, west across Canada and south to Missouri.

Food

Larvae eat leaves of poplar (Populus), willow (Salix) and ash (Fraxinus).

References:

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGeometridae
GenusMetanema
SpeciesMetanema determinata
Photographed in
United States of America