Renounced Hydriomena Moth

Hydriomena renunciata, the renounced hydriomena, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Hydriomena renunciata is 7236.

The larvae are dirt brown with tan stripes. The caterpillars fashion a shelter by folding over a leaf edge or securing together two overlapping leaves. There is one generation

of mature caterpillars from July into October. The host plant is Alder.