Kebnat
INSECTS

Pale Beauty

Campaea perlata

Insects
Native
Pale Beauty, photo 1 of 5
Pale Beauty, Caterpillar
Pale Beauty, Male
28–51 mmWingspan

Butterfly or moth in the family Geometridae with a wingspan of 28–51 mm. Feeds on plants.

There are 956 observations of Pale Beauty in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Montérégie and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie211
  2. Montérégie144
  3. Abitibi-Témiscamingue124
  4. Outaouais119
  5. Capitale-Nationale77
  6. Montréal73
  7. Laurentides55
  8. Côte-Nord26
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean23
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine21
  11. Lanaudière19
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent17
  13. Mauricie16
  14. Chaudière-Appalaches15
  15. Nord-du-Québec12
  16. Centre-du-Québec4

What the caterpillar eats

Gray alderAlnus incana
Russet buffaloberryShepherdia canadensis
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
American elmUlmus americana
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
Bebb's willowSalix bebbiana
Balsam firAbies balsamea
SaskatoonAmelanchier alnifolia
Bog birchBetula nana
TamarackLarix laricina
Ash-leaf mapleAcer negundo
TOXIC
Red mapleAcer rubrum

Similar species

Snowy Geometer MothEugonobapta nivosaria
White Spring MothLomographa vestaliata
White Slant-lineTetracis cachexiata
Confused Eusarca MothEusarca confusaria
Elm Spanworm MothEnnomos subsignaria
Lesser Maple Spanworm MothMacaria pustularia
Maple Looper MothParallelia bistriaris
Blackberry Looper MothChlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Bad-wing MothDyspteris abortivaria
Dotted GrayGlena cribrataria
Porcelain GrayProtoboarmia porcelaria
Hemlock Looper MothLambdina fiscellaria