Geometer Moths

Geometer moths are named after their family name, Geometridae. They make up close to 1500 species in North America. Most, but not all adults rest with spread wings. Their larvae are known as inchworms. Because they have only two sets of abdominal prolegs, they crawl in a “looping” manner or “inch” their way along. Many of the females in this group are wingless.

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• Large Lace-border Moth
• Chickweed Geometer
• Many-lined Carpet
• Toothed Brown Carpet
• Somber Carpet
• Sharp-angled Carpet
• Bent-line Carpet Moth
• Red-fringed Emerald
• Blackberry Looper
• Wavy-lined Emerald
• False Crocus Geometer
• Horned Spanworm
• Lesser Maple Spanworm
• Maple Spanworm Moth
• Large Maple Spanworm Moth
• DOTTED GRAY
• MANY-LINED ANGLE
• JUNIPER-TWIG GEOMETER
• HUBNER’S OLIVE
• COMMON SPRING MOTH
• PEPPER-AND-SALT GEOMETER
• THE VESTAL
• THREE-SPOTTED FILLIP
• COMMON METARRANTHIS
• GREEN BROOMWEED LOOPER
• CURVE-LINED ANGLE
• DOT-LINED ANGLE
• COMMON ANGLE
• HOLLOW-SPOTTED ANGLE
• ONE-SPOTTED VARIANT
• THE BEGGAR
• SNOWY GEOMETER
• OAK BEAUTY
• OAK BESMA
• SIGNATE MELANOLOPHIA
• CURVE-TOOTHED GEOMETER
• PALE-VEINED ISTURGIA
• BROWN-SHADED GRAY
• LARGE PURPLISH GRAY
• PORCELAIN GRAY
• SMALL ENGRAILED
• DOUBLE-LINED GRAY MOTH
• TEXAS GRAY MOTH
• WOOLLY GRAY MOTH
• COMMON GRAY
• BRUCE SPANWORM
• THE GEM
• SHINY GRAY CARPET MOTH
• WHITE-SPOTTED PUG
• WORMWOOD PUG
• COMMON PUG MOTH
• WHITE-STRIPED BLACK
• SMALL PHIGALIA
• THE HALF-WING
• SPRING CANKERWORM
• CONFUSED EUSARCA
• FOUR-LINED CABERA
• LINDEN LOOPER
• COMMON LYTROSIS
• DRAB BROWN WAVE
• CROSS-LINED WAVE
• LIGHT-RIBBONED WAVE
• PACKARD’S WAVE
• COMMON TAN WAVE
• ELM SPANWORM MOTH
• FRIENDLY PROBOLE
• ORANGE WING
• GRAPEVINE LOOPER
• THREE-PATCHED BIGWING