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title: "Pale Beauty"
description: "Campaea perlata — Insekten & Spinnen. Campaea perlata, the pale beauty, also known as the fringed looper (caterpillar), is a species of moth in the family Geometridae, known as geometer moths, found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/pale-beauty
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pale Beauty

> Campaea perlata — Insekten & Spinnen. Campaea perlata, the pale beauty, also known as the fringed looper (caterpillar), is a species of moth in the family Geometridae, known as geometer moths, found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Campaea perlata*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 38827
- Wikidata: [Q5027725](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5027725)
- iNaturalist taxon: [81681](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81681)

## Names

- en: Pale Beauty
- fr: Arpenteuse perlée

## Countries with the most observations

US (24544), CA (13084), PM (3)

## Summary

Campaea perlata, the pale beauty, also known as the fringed looper (caterpillar), is a species of moth in the family Geometridae, known as geometer moths, found in North America. Some sources also name it the light emerald, though this may be confused with the related European moth Campaea margaritata. It is common throughout its range.
The name "perlata" comes from post-classical Latin for "pearly".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaea_perlata

## Photo

![Pale Beauty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pale-beauty/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184391896

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pale-beauty?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).