Pale Beauty

Description:

Campaea perlata, known as the Pale Green Beauty, is a variably colored moth which is commonly a subtle green, similar to that of sea foam green. It is characterized by a green line which goes across the forewing, continues onto the exposed hindwing, along with a white line under it. There are also two diagonal lines on top of the forewings tilted downward towards the hindwings.

Habitat:

Coniferous, mixed, and deciduous forests and shrubby areas; adults are nocturnal and come to light, but in the arctic where summer nights are short or absent, adults fly during the day. Larvae have been reported to feed on leaves of 65 species of coniferous and deciduous trees and shrubs, including alder, ash, basswood, beech, birch, blueberry, Buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis), cherry, fir, elm, hemlock, maple, oak, pine, poplar, rose, spruce, tamarack, willow

Notes:

Hard to photograph with right colors, under an incandescent light.