Pale Beauty Moth

Description:

The Pale Beauty (Campaea perlata) is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. Adult: wings and body pale greenish to grayish-white, often yellowish when faded; forewing antemedial and postmedial lines nearly straight, faint, darker grayish accented with white; postmedial line continues onto hindwing. Larva: grayish body with short hair-like fringes along ventral margin; when a larva is apresssed close to a branch, the fringes help break the outline of the body and make the larva nearly invisible Wingspan 28-51 mm; female much larger than male. 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

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