Metanema inatomaria
| Metanema inatomaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Hypochrosini |
| Genus: | Metanema |
| Species: | M. inatomaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Metanema inatomaria Guenée, 1857 | |
The Pale Metanema or Yellow-lined Thorn (Metanema inatomaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from east-central British Columbia and southern Northwest Territories and Yukon, east to Nova Scotia, south to Mississippi, Texas and Arizona.
The wingspan is 25-36 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to mid July.
The larvae mainly feed on Populus and occasionally Salix species.