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Phaeoura quernaria
oak beauty, American Oak Beauty
Phaeoura quernaria, commonly known as the oak beauty or American Oak Beauty, is a geometrid moth native to eastern North America. The species is notable for its salt-and-pepper patterned wings that provide effective bark camouflage. It exhibits bivoltine or univoltine life cycles depending on latitude, with adults active from late winter through autumn. Larvae feed on various hardwood trees and the species overwinters as pupae.