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Xanthotype sp.
Family: Geometridae, Subfamily: Ennominae (Typical Geometer Moth). TL: 30-40 mm. Wingspan: 50 mm (approximately). Bright yellow wings with variable speckled and blotched purplish brown. PM line is sometimes a complete band in False Crocus. Hosts: Deciduous trees and shrubs and low plants.
Woodlands (open) or meadow near woods where I have found one before this year. Will come to porch light.
Very difficult to determine between False Crocus Geometer (Xanthotype urticaria) and Crocus Geometer (Xanthotype sospeta) I have seen these last year too. This is a beauty!
Spotted on Jun 10, 2013
Submitted on Jun 25, 2013
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