''Nematocampa resistaria'', the filament bearer, bordered thorn or horned spanworm moth, is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. The species was
first described by
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856. It is found in North America from
British Columbia to
Nova Scotia, south to
Florida and
California.
This species was split from the Eurasian ''
Nematocampa limbata''.
The
wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May (or April in the deep south) to August. There is one generation in the north, two generations in the middle states and multiple generations in the southern part of the range.
Larvae feed on various deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs, including ''
Pseudotsuga
''Pseudotsuga'' is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae).
Common names for species in the genus include Douglas fir, Douglas-fir, Douglas tree, Oregon pine and Bigcone spruce. '' Pseudotsuga menz ...
'', ''
Tsuga'', ''
Abies'', ''
Picea
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...
'', ''
Salix'', ''
Betula papyrifera'', ''
Corylus'', ''
Fragaria
''Fragaria'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. There are more than 20 described species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberries grown com ...
'' and carrot (''
Daucus'').
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Ourapterygini
Moths described in 1856
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