Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984) | Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, GBIF, BOLD | Technical Description, Adults: Forbes (1948); Rindge (1956) | Technical Description, Immature Stages: J. Sogaard (BugGuide, 2017) | |
Adult Markings: A medium-sized, cream colored Geometrid that is easily identified by the four dark gray, crosslines that run straight across the forewing. Sexes are similar. Scopula ordinata looks somewhat similar, but has more pointed forewings and lines that are all bent inward below the costa (ordinata also very rare in the range of C. quadrifasciaria occurring in rich wooded habitat not open pine and savanna habitat). |
Wingspan: 26 mm (Forbes, 1948) |
Forewing Length: 14-16 mm, males; 13-15 mm, females (Rindge, 1956) |
Adult Structural Features: The genitalia are quite different from our other species of Cabera, particularly the aedeagus and female genitalia. |
Structural photos |
![](photos_structures/2017/tn6680.00_1512449515.jpg) Male reproductive structures. May 9, 1996, Pender Co., J. B. Sullivan |
![](photos_structures/2017/tn6680.00_1512449537.jpg) Aedeagus. May 9, 1996, Pender Co., J. B. Sullivan |
![](photos_structures/2017/tn6680.00_1512449571.jpg) May 4, 1995, Brunswick Co., J. B. Sullivan |
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Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens. |
Immatures and Development: Caterpillars photographed on Leadplant by Jim Sogaard (BugGuide (201) may be the only observation of the immature stages of this species. As in C. erythemaria and C. variolaria, the larvae are green with pale subdorsal lines and a series of darker spots located on the dorsal surface of the abdomen. Wagner et al. (2001) report that C. variolaria and C. erythemaria overwinter as pupae, which seems likely for this species as well. |
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood. |