''Euchlaena amoenaria'', the deep yellow euchlaena, is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Geometridae. It is found in eastern
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
.
The
wingspan
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is 30–50 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September. There are two generations per year.
The larval food plant is unknown, but larvae of other species in the genus feed on the foliage of deciduous trees.
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