Group: INSECT

Family: GEOMETRIDAE

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SciName: Orthonama obstipata

ComName: The Gem

Contributor: T.Howard

Website: http://cgi.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/show.php?bf=1720

Fun Fact(s): The larvae feed on a wide variety of plants including chrysanthemum, dock, mayweed, ragwort, and smartweed. The species is sexually dimorphic, the male being light brown with a darker central band, and the female slightly larger and darker, with a white spot on each forewing.

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SciName: Orthonama obstipata

ComName: The Gem

Contributor: Newman, Randy

Original Source: Lepidoptera of Ft. Macon State Park; 1. Preliminary survey of the Macrolepidoptera; J Bolling Sullivan, PhD.

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Fun Fact(s): Host Plants: Hardwoods: elm; Forbs: chrysanthemum, dock, Senecio, Polygonum, etc

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