Metanema inatomaria

Metanema inatomaria
Metanema inatomaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Hypochrosini
Genus: Metanema
Species: M. inatomaria
Binomial name
Metanema inatomaria
Guenée, 1857

The Pale Metanema or Yellow-lined Thorn (Metanema inatomaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from east-central British Columbia and southern Northwest Territories and Yukon, east to Nova Scotia, south to Mississippi, Texas and Arizona.

The wingspan is 25-36 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to mid July.

The larvae mainly feed on Populus and occasionally Salix species.

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