Kebnat
INSECTS

Spring Cankerworm Moth

Paleacrita vernata

Insects
Native
Spring Cankerworm Moth, photo 1 of 5
Spring Cankerworm Moth, Male
Spring Cankerworm Moth, Female

Butterfly or moth in the family Geometridae. Feeds on plants.

There are 14 observations of Spring Cankerworm Moth in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Montréal and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 4 of the 17 regions. They peak in April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie5
  2. Montréal4
  3. Outaouais4
  4. Laurentides1

What the caterpillar eats

American elmUlmus americana
American basswoodTilia americana
Ash-leaf mapleAcer negundo
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Pin cherryPrunus pensylvanica
Black cherryPrunus serotina
White oakQuercus alba
Northern red oakQuercus rubra
Black ashFraxinus nigra
Honey locustGleditsia triacanthos
Common flaxLinum usitatissimum
PeachPrunus persica

Similar species

Fall Cankerworm MothAlsophila pometaria
American Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidoides
Small Phigalia MothPhigalia strigataria
Green Cloverworm MothHypena scabra
Pale-veined IsturgiaIsturgia dislocaria
American DaggerAcronicta americana
Porcelain GrayProtoboarmia porcelaria
Armyworm MothPseudaletia unipuncta
Ashen PinionLithophane antennata
Bee MothAphomia sociella
White-dotted ProminentNadata gibbosa