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INSECTS

Sweetfern Geometer Moth

Cyclophora pendulinaria

Insects
Native
Sweetfern Geometer Moth, photo 1 of 5
Sweetfern Geometer Moth, Caterpillar
Sweetfern Geometer Moth, Male
17–26 mmWingspan

Butterfly or moth in the family Geometridae with a wingspan of 17–26 mm. Feeds on plants.

There are 496 observations of Sweetfern Geometer Moth in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie96
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue95
  3. Montérégie69
  4. Capitale-Nationale56
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine34
  6. Outaouais31
  7. Laurentides23
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent21
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean19
  10. Montréal13
  11. Lanaudière12
  12. Mauricie9
  13. Nord-du-Québec8
  14. Chaudière-Appalaches8
  15. Côte-Nord2

What the caterpillar eats

TamarackLarix laricina
Gray alderAlnus incana
Sweet fernComptonia peregrina
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Gray birchBetula populifolia
Bog birchBetula nana

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Common Tan WavePleuroprucha insulsaria
Welsh Wave MothVenusia cambrica
Gray Spring MothLomographa glomeraria
Dotted GrayGlena cribrataria
Signate Melanolophia MothMelanolophia signataria