Dark-bordered Granite Moth
Digrammia neptaria (Guenée, 1858)
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Identification: forewing light grayish-brown with speckling and variably faint or bold markings; AM and PM lines bicolored orangish-yellow for most of length, changing to gray near costa; PM line slightly sinuous, the yellowish part bordered distally by diffuse gray or blackish shading; discal spot oval, hollow, sometimes diffuse; median line faint, wavy; terminal line composed of several dark dots. Hindwing slightly paler, speckled, with faint discal spot; AM and PM lines dark at inner margin, otherwise faded or absent
Wing Span: 2.5-3.0 cm
Life History:
Flight: May/June to August/September
Caterpillar Hosts: leaves of willow and poplar
Adult Food:
Habitat: dry Jack Pine forests, sandy pine barrens, and boreal or montane forest
Range: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and BC to Newfoundland, south in the east to New Hampshire, south in the west to California, Arizona, New Mexico (one Texas record in 2001)
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
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Observation date: Mar 27, 2024
Submitted by: J_Martineau
Region: Ventura County, California, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Nov 13, 2024
Observation date: Aug 14, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 25, 2024
Observation date: Jul 21, 2024
Submitted by: Tserisa
Region: Washington County, Oregon, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jul 24, 2024
Observation date: May 21, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 24, 2024
Observation date: Aug 15, 2023
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Sep 25, 2023
Observation date: Aug 14, 2023
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 29, 2023
Observation date: Sep 01, 2021
Submitted by: tjay13
Region: Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Aug 26, 2023
Observation date: Jul 20, 2023
Submitted by: Dwaine Wagoner
Region: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jul 25, 2023
Observation date: Jul 10, 2023
Submitted by: dfagan746
Region: Deschutes County, Oregon, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 12, 2023
Observation date: Jul 03, 2023
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 06, 2023
Observation date: May 20, 2023
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 24, 2023
Observation date: Jun 21, 2023
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Teton County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jun 23, 2023
Observation date: Jun 13, 2023
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 20, 2023
Observation date: Jun 03, 2023
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 13, 2023
Observation date: Aug 26, 2020
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Carbon County, Montana, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Mar 23, 2023
Observation date: Aug 22, 2022
Submitted by: WYbutterflyer1
Region: Laramie County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Nov 14, 2022
Observation date: Jul 27, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Oct 21, 2022
Observation date: Jul 15, 2022
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Carbon County, Montana, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 28, 2022
Observation date: Aug 26, 2022
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 26, 2022
Observation date: Aug 16, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 19, 2022
Observation date: Aug 02, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 04, 2022
Observation date: Jul 19, 2022
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 28, 2022
Observation date: Jul 27, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 28, 2022
Observation date: Jul 27, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 28, 2022
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