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Nemoria bistriaria, the red-fringed emerald or two-striped emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from New Brunswick to Florida, west to Texas, north to Ontario.
Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
New Brunswick is one of four Atlantic provinces on the east coast of Canada. According to the Constitution of Canada, New Brunswick is the only bilingual province. About two thirds of the population declare themselves anglophones and a third francophones. One third of the population describes themselves as bilingual. Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas, mostly in Greater Moncton, Greater Saint John and the capital Fredericton.
Florida is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.
The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October in the south and from May to August in the north. There are at least two generations per year.
The wingspan of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777-200 has a wingspan of 60.93 metres, and a wandering albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of 3.63 metres, the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other fixed-wing aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stands at 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) and owns one of the largest wingspans at 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m).
The species occurs in a seasonal brown form where the green colour of the wings is entirely replaced by a light coffee colour.
The larvae of ssp. siccifolia feed on white oak , while larvae of the nominate subspecies have been recorded on eastern black walnut , black birch and oak .
Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and southern Maine south as far as northern Florida and eastern Texas. Specimens have been documented to be over 450 years old.
Juglans nigra, the eastern black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to eastern North America. It grows mostly in riparian zones, from southern Ontario, west to southeast South Dakota, south to Georgia, northern Florida and southwest to central Texas. Wild trees in the upper Ottawa Valley may be an isolated native population or may have derived from planted trees.
Betula nigra, the black birch, river birch or water birch, is a species of birch native to the Eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and west to Texas. It is one of the few heat-tolerant birches in a family of mostly cold-weather trees which do not thrive in USDA Zone 6 and up. B. nigra commonly occurs in floodplains and swamps.
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The emerald ash borer is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern Asia that feeds on ash species. Females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark of ash trees to emerge as adults in one to two years. In its native range, it is typically found at low densities and does not cause significant damage to trees native to the area. Outside its native range, it is an invasive species and is highly destructive to ash trees native to northwest Europe and North America. Prior to being found in North America, very little was known about emerald ash borer in its native range; this has resulted in much of the research on its biology being focused in North America. Local governments in North America are attempting to control it by monitoring its spread, diversifying tree species, insecticides, and biological control.
The common emerald is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species is found throughout the Nearctic and Palearctic regions and the Near East. It is mostly commonly found in the southern half of the British Isles. It was accidentally introduced into southern British Columbia in 1979.
Nemoria is a genus of emerald moths in the family Geometridae. It was named by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Nemoria saturiba is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 1969. It is found from Florida to North Carolina and in South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and eastern Texas. In the north, it is found at least up to Maryland.
Nemoria mimosaria, the white-fringed emerald or flanged looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Nova Scotia to south-eastern Alberta, south to Virginia, Illinois, and Texas.
Nemoria arizonaria is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. It is indigenous to Arizona, New Mexico and the Davis Mountains in Texas.
Nemoria rubrifrontaria, the red-fronted emerald, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae, in the superfamily Geometroidea. The species was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1873. It is found in North America.
Nemoria elfa, the cypress emerald moth, is a species of emerald in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Nemoria daedalea is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Nemoria darwiniata, the Columbian emerald, is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904 and it is found in North America.
Nemoria intensaria is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Nemoria unitaria, the single-lined emerald, is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Nemoria glaucomarginaria is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917. It is found in North America.
Nemoria obliqua is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Nemoria lixaria, the red-bordered emerald, is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Synchlora bistriaria, the oblique-striped emerald, is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Nemoria zygotaria is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Nemoria bifilata, the white-barred emerald moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in North America.
Nemoria zelotes is a species of emerald moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.