Red-bordered Emerald

Nemoria sp.

Description:

Green moth, about 50 mm wide ( 2 inches), in a oak and pine forest. In the second picture, the moth is all green with no brown spots in the middle.

2 Species ID Suggestions

NuwanChathuranga 12 years ago

Emerald moth

Hemithea sp. Hemithea

bayucca 12 years ago

Nemoria sp.

7 Comments

LuisStevens 10 years ago

I changed it to Nemoria sp., Thanks Bayucca.

bayucca 10 years ago

I still would go with Nemoria sp. unless we are sure it is really Lixaria.
Some more informations and links:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/341...

LuisStevens 12 years ago

Yes Bayucca, you are right about the location, but they look pretty close. I appreciate very much your help.

bayucca 12 years ago

I am not sure if Lixaria is found in Mexico. According to funet and MPG not.
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed...
http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life...
Besides this it looks quite fine...

LuisStevens 12 years ago

Thank you Bayucca and Nuwan. With your pointers I think the ID is
Red-bordered Emerald Nemoria lixaria
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4509/bgima...

bayucca 12 years ago

From the form of the hindwings it is not Hemithea, which is more "triangular". I think it is a Nemoria species, Nemoria bistriaria looks similar, but Nemoria is a tricky genus with several very similar ones.
http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrow...