Nemoria bistriaria, the red-fringed emerald or two-striped emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from New Brunswick to Florida, west to Central Coast of California, north to Ontario.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Nemoria |
Species: | N. bistriaria
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Binomial name | |
Nemoria bistriaria Hübner, 1818
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The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October in the south and from May to August in the north. There are at least two generations per year.
Subspecies
edit- Nemoria bistriaria bistriaria
- Nemoria bistriaria siccifolia (Pennsylvania to southern Quebec and Ontario)
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