Curve-toothed Geometer

Common name: Curved-toothed geometer

Scientific name: Eutrapela clemataria

Food: Larvae feed on leaves of ash, basswood, birch, elm, fir, maple, poplar, willow and other trees.

Ecology: These geometers live in deciduous and mixed woodlands. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek “measure” “the earth” in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to “measure the earth” as they move along in a looping fashion. The geometer has two generations a year and is part of a very large family of around 23,000 species of moths.

Lucinda Herrick Photo, July 2018