Nemoriini Nemoria intensaria 
Previously thought to be 
Nemoria festaria
Family: Geometridae


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Nemoria intensaria  #2  - 21 September 2010
#2 geometrid

Nemoria intensaria #2 - 21 September 2010
#2 geometrid from Central Utah

Nemoria intensaria #1 - 21 September 2010
geometrid #1

Nemoria intensaria #1 - 21 September 2010
#1

Larva #2 silked inself into a nest then formed  pupa  5 October 2010
Pupa

Pupa  showing green on wing case on 12 December 2010
pupa on 12 December 2010

Pupa  at 5 P.M. 14 December 2010,  6 1/2 hours before adult emerged
pupa 6 1/2 hours before adult emerged


Female  just  after emerging from pupa - 11:30 P.M. 14 December 2010
female just after emerging

Closer look at head, antennae and legs - Lateral View
closer look at head and legs

Closer look at head  and antennae - Dorsal View
dorsal view of head and antennae

Specimen Photos
Female-Upperwing
female upperwing

Female - Underwing
underwing

Larger Photo of  Female Specimen - Upperwing
female specimen - upperwing

Larger Photo of  Female Specimen -Underwing
underwing

Photo Details - ŠNicky Davis
Located in Central Utah on Corymbosum Buckwheat
9 August 2010

Pronunciation: Geometridae = j
ee-o-MET-rid-ee

Both Pupae were misted daily and kept in light 24 hours a day. #1 pupa hibernated and didn't not emerge in the spring  but #2 finally began developing by showing a dark eye on the pupa. Then the wing case of the pupa turned green with pinkish edges showing.  Then  on  14 December 2010 the adult moth emerged.

#1 pupa did not survive nibernation


Thin while lines on a green background on forewing and hindwing. They have a red terminal line  and the fringes are  checkered with red-pink markings at the end of each vein. White spots inside pink spots appear along the abdomen



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