Campaea perlata

Pale beauty
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Campaeini
Genus: Campaea
Species: C. perlata
Binomial name
Campaea perlata
Guenée, 1858

Campaea perlata, the pale beauty, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. The average wingspan is about 28–51 mm, and the female tends to be much larger than the male.

Range

C. perlata is seen in almost the entire North American continent.[1]

Food plants of the larvae

References

  1. Jim Sogaard. (2009) Moths & Caterpillars of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas.


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