Bug FAQColumbian Emerald
Nemoria darwiniata · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae
Also called: Darwin's Green
The Columbian emerald is a moth in the Geometridae family. It lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The Columbian emerald belongs to the emerald moth group in the family Geometridae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range is North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Geometridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemoria_darwiniata
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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.