Tetracis cervinaria

Last updated

Tetracis cervinaria
Tetracis cervinaria syn Synaxis cervinaria.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Tetracis
Species:
T. cervinaria
Binomial name
Tetracis cervinaria
(Packard, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Metanema cervinariaPackard, 1871
  • Metanema aurantiacariaPackard. 1873
  • Synaxis cervinariaMcDunnough, 1938

Tetracis cervinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1871. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to Kern County, California and eastward to western Montana, south-eastern Idaho, Carbon County, Wyoming and Larimer County, Colorado. It is found at elevations of 790 to 2,375 meters.

The length of the forewings 19–23 mm. Adults are on wing from February to June.

The larvae feed on Prunus emarginata and Prunus virginiana .


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scalloped oak</span> Species of moth

The scalloped oak is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

<i>Prunus pensylvanica</i> Species of tree

Prunus pensylvanica, also known as bird cherry, fire cherry, pin cherry, and red cherry, is a North American cherry species in the genus Prunus.

<i>Lomographa temerata</i> Species of moth

Lomographa temerata, the clouded silver, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species is found in Asia and Europe and was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

<i>Eumacaria</i> Genus of moths

Eumacaria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Packard in 1873. Its only species, Eumacaria madopata, the brown-bordered geometer moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, northern Washington, southern Saskatchewan, from Maine to Florida, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and New Mexico. The habitat consists of orchards and shrublands. The species is listed as threatened in Connecticut.

<i>Tetracis</i> Genus of moths

Tetracis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1858.

<i>Tetracis crocallata</i> Species of moth

Tetracis crocallata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan to Alberta, south to northern Florida, west to Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and extreme eastern Texas.

Tetracis australis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the coastal southern regions of the U.S. state of California from Monterey County south to Los Encinas, San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico, at altitudes from near sea level to 2,135 meters.

<i>Tetracis cachexiata</i> Species of moth

Tetracis cachexiata, the white slant-line or white slaut, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to central British Columbia, south to northern Florida and west to Montana and northern Colorado.

Tetracis fuscata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898. It is only known from the US states of Colorado and Wyoming.

<i>Tetracis pallulata</i> Species of moth

Tetracis pallulata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887. It is found in western North America from southern California north to British Columbia, east to Idaho and western Montana from near sea level to 2,200 meters.

Tetracis mosesiani is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found coastal California from near sea level to 915 meters.

Tetracis jubararia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.

Tetracis montanaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is only known from south-eastern Arizona. It is found in aspen-coniferous forests on altitudes between 2,440 and 2,715 meters.

Tetracis barnesii is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the high-desert riparian canyons in Colorado and Utah to the dry coniferous forest in Oregon on altitudes between 1,555 and 1,905 meters.

Tetracis formosa is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in North America from Colorado, eastern Utah and eastern Wyoming west to California and north to southern British Columbia and southern Alberta at elevations between 870 and 2,320 meters.

<i>Tetracis hirsutaria</i> Species of moth

Tetracis hirsutaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in the United States in California and extreme southern Nevada.

Tetracis pallidata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Clifford D. Ferris in 2009. It is found in British Columbia, Idaho and Washington.

<i>Apocheima hispidaria</i> Species of moth

Apocheima hispidaria, the small brindled beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found from Spain through central Europe to Russia. In the north, the range extends to southern Sweden. In the south, it is found on all of the Balkan Peninsula up to the Black Sea.

<i>Lomographa vestaliata</i> Species of moth

Lomographa vestaliata, the white spring moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Newfoundland west to south-eastern British Columbia and south to Florida and Texas. The habitat consists of xeric shrubby edges and woodlands.

<i>Euchlaena muzaria</i> Species of moth

Euchlaena muzaria, the muzaria euchlaena moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina and Tennessee.