Nemoria rubrifrontaria (Packard, 1873). [7047]

Nemoria rubrifrontaria female, collection of Acad. of Nat. Sci. (ANSP).

Nemoria rubrifrontaria, ex ovum, parent female collected Blue Hill, ME.

Nemoria rubrifrontaria has abdominal markings very similar to those of N. bistriaria--white spots on A1, A3, and A4 encircled with a reddish brown ring of scales. Nevertheless,  N. rubrifrontaria is distinctive in its absence of red terminal line, and a wing fringe that is typically rose to pink colored, especially near the apex of the forewing and near the anal angle of the hind wing (see bottom photo). For images of Nemoria rubrifrontaria larvae, click here.

Nemoria rubrifrontaria, adult male, spring form, reared ex ovum on Comptonia peregrina.

Nemoria rubrifrontaria, adult female. Reared ex ovum on Comptonia peregrina. Parent female collected 14 June 2017, Cheshire Co., NH.

Nemoria rubrifrontaria, collected Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, 07 July 1953. Collection of National Museum of Natural History (NMNH, Smithsonian)