Euchlaena marginaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Euchlaena |
Species: | E. marginaria |
Binomial name | |
Euchlaena marginaria (Minot, 1869) | |
Synonyms | |
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Euchlaena marginaria, the ochre euchlaena moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Charles Sedgwick Minot in 1869. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-central British Columbia and Idaho to Nova Scotia and south to Florida and Missouri. [1]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. [2] Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation in the north and two in the southern part of the range.
The larvae feed on Alnus , Salix , Spiraea , Amelanchier , Viburnum and Betula papyrifera . They are twig mimics. They are mottled dark brown. [3]
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