Red-Bordered Emerald - (Nemoria lixaria)

Red-Bordered Emeralds are a southern and eastern moth that accents its bright green wings with a deep red edging along the fringe.

Staff Writer (3/2/2017): Red-Bordered Emeralds are part of the Geometer moth family. This subspecies contains a handful of cheery green moths that have thin wisps of white lines crossing their wings. They like to rest with their wings flat (open), which makes observing them easier than other types of moths.

Caterpillars ate the leaves of oak and red maple trees as well as ferns. Look for Red-Bordered Emeralds at night in or around deciduous woods. They are active year round in the southernmost part of their range. Two broods can be produced in a year, so adults can be seen on-wing during spring and again in autumn.

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Red-Bordered Emerald

Category: Butterfly or Moth
Common name: Red-Bordered Emerald
Scientific Name: Nemoria lixaria

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Geometridae

Genus: Nemoria

Species: lixaria

Size (Adult, Length): 20mm to 30mm (0.79in to 1.18in)

Identifying Colors: green, white, red, black

Additional Descriptors: wavy, lines, fringe, dots, flying

North American Reach (Though Not Limited To*): Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; New Jersery; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; Mexico

* Keep in mind that an insect's reach is not limited by lines on a map and therefore may appear in areas/regions/states beyond those listed above.

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