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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Verified Sightings
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Observation date: May 16, 2020
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 19, 2020
Observation date: Jul 15, 2013
Submitted by: Dwaine Wagoner
Region: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: May 18, 2020
Observation date: Jun 17, 2019
Submitted by: Reiner Jakubowski
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Mar 25, 2020
Observation date: Jun 16, 2018
Submitted by: Rob Petley-Jones
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Feb 24, 2020
Observation date: Jul 08, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 21, 2019
Observation date: Jul 08, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 21, 2019
Observation date: Jul 08, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 19, 2019
Observation date: Jul 01, 2019
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 07, 2019
Observation date: Jun 11, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 14, 2019
Observation date: Jun 11, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 14, 2019
Observation date: Jun 13, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 14, 2019
Observation date: May 16, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 16, 2019
Observation date: Aug 28, 2018
Submitted by: Jim Eckert
Region: Graham County, Arizona, United States
Verified by: Jim Eckert
Verified date: Sep 10, 2018
Observation date: Aug 01, 2018
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 02, 2018
Observation date: Jun 25, 2018
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 26, 2018
Observation date: May 17, 2018
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 23, 2018
Observation date: Sep 01, 2017
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Carbon County, Montana, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 23, 2018
Observation date: May 18, 2018
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 23, 2018
Observation date: Jun 16, 2016
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: A_baldini
Verified date: Dec 08, 2017
Observation date: Jul 30, 2017
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 16, 2017
Observation date: Aug 07, 2017
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 16, 2017
Observation date: Jun 02, 2017
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 05, 2017
Observation date: Jun 02, 2017
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 05, 2017
Observation date: May 28, 2017
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 31, 2017
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