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title: "Sweetfern Geometer Moth"
description: "Cyclophora pendulinaria — Insekten & Spinnen. Cyclophora pendulinaria, the sweetfern geometer moth or pearly-grey wave, is a moth in the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/sweetfern-geometer-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Sweetfern Geometer Moth

> Cyclophora pendulinaria — Insekten & Spinnen. Cyclophora pendulinaria, the sweetfern geometer moth or pearly-grey wave, is a moth in the  family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Cyclophora pendulinaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 8512
- Wikidata: [Q13506764](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13506764)
- iNaturalist taxon: [217970](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/217970)

## Names

- en: Sweetfern Geometer Moth

## Countries with the most observations

CA (3430), US (3271)

## Summary

Cyclophora pendulinaria, the sweetfern geometer moth or pearly-grey wave, is a moth in the  family Geometridae.

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

## Photo

![Sweetfern Geometer Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sweetfern-geometer-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301709927

## Machine access

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