A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/13/2019).
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Co., Maryland (4/16/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by Hugh McGuinness.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/3/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/11/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/17/2017).
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/19/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (5/2/2015). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (2004).
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Host plants include Sassafras.
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A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/13/2019).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Co., Maryland (4/16/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by Hugh McGuinness.
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Robert Aguilar, SERC.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/3/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/11/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/17/2017).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/19/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Scott Housten.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (5/2/2015). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Nancy Magnusson.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland.
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Bob Patterson.
A Signate Melanolophia Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (2004).
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Larry Line.
Source: Wikipedia
| Melanolophia signataria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Melanolophia |
| Species: | M. signataria
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanolophia signataria (Walker, 1860)
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Melanolophia signataria, the signate melanolophia, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Saskatchewan and East Texas.
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults fly from March to August.
The larvae feed on the leaves of a wide variety of trees, including alder, elm, birch, fir, larch, maple, oak, poplar and spruce.
Subspecies
[edit]- Melanolophia signataria signataria
- Melanolophia signataria timucuae (Florida)
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