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Eutrapela clemataria (Curve-toothed Geometer)

Synonyms: Choerodes transducens; Choerodes transferens; Choerodes transfingens; Eutrapela clematata; Phalaena clemataria

Wikipedia Abstract

Eutrapela is a genus of moth in the Geometridae family. It contains only one species, Eutrapela clemataria, the Curve-toothed Geometer Moth or Purplish-brown Looper, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Saskatchewan. The habitat consists of deciduous and mixed woodlands. The larvae feed on the leaves of various trees, including ash, basswood, birch, elm, fir, maple, poplar and willow. Young larvae have a dark brown body. Older larvae have a greenish or tan to dark purplish-brown body.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.85 inches (.047 m)

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1Auditory influences on the flight behaviour of moths in a Nearctic site. I. Flight tendency, Scott B. Morrill and James H. Fullard, CAN. J. ZOOL. VOL. 70, 1992, pp. 1097-1101
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0