Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Brown-bordered Geometer
Eumacaria madopata (Guenee, 1857 [1858])


Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Identification: Wings light tan to gray, with darker brown shading beyond slightly wavy pm. line. Veins light. Forewing am. line sharply angled; median line straight.
Wing Span: 2-2.5 cm.
Life History:
Flight: April-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Apple, plum, wild cherry.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Gaspe, Quebec to Florida, west to South Dakota and eastern Texas.
Conservation:
NCGR: G4
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL