Euchlaena amoenaria

Euchlaena amoenaria, the deep yellow euchlaena, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in eastern North America.

Euchlaena amoenaria
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E. amoenaria
Binomial name
Euchlaena amoenaria
(Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Euchlaena arefactaria (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
  • Euchlaena amoenaria astylusaria

The wingspan 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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