Kebnat
INSECTS

False Hemlock Looper Moth

Nepytia canosaria

Insects
Native
False Hemlock Looper Moth, photo 1 of 5
False Hemlock Looper Moth, Caterpillar
False Hemlock Looper Moth, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Geometridae.

There are 250 observations of False Hemlock Looper Moth in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and September.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie65
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue64
  3. Capitale-Nationale23
  4. Outaouais21
  5. Montérégie16
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent11
  7. Côte-Nord11
  8. Laurentides10
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean9
  10. Lanaudière6
  11. Mauricie6
  12. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  13. Montréal3
  14. Nord-du-Québec1
  15. Chaudière-Appalaches1

What the caterpillar eats

TamarackLarix laricina
Red sprucePicea rubens
Black Hills sprucePicea glauca
Black sprucePicea mariana
Jack pinePinus banksiana
Eastern white pinePinus strobus
ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis
Balsam firAbies balsamea
Eastern hemlockTsuga canadensis
Norway pinePinus resinosa
Norway sprucePicea abies
Paper birchBetula papyrifera

Similar species

Boreal Pine Looper MothNepytia pellucidaria
Chain-dotted GeometerCingilia catenaria
Fall Cankerworm MothAlsophila pometaria
Hemlock Looper MothLambdina fiscellaria
Common Idia MothIdia aemula
Winter mothOperophtera brumata
Spongy MothLymantria dispar
Juniper CarpetThera juniperata
Pale-marked AngleMacaria signaria
Mottled Gray CarpetCladara limitaria
Bent-line GrayIridopsis larvaria