Aspitates aberrata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Henry Edwards in 1884.[1] It is found in North America from northern Minnesota north and west across southern Manitoba to western Alberta and the Peace River area of British Columbia.[2] The habitat consists of open aspen parklands and low elevation grasslands.[3]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Aspitates |
Species: | A. aberrata
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Binomial name | |
Aspitates aberrata (H. Edwards, 1884)
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Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 27–36 mm.
There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-May to mid-July.
Subspecies
edit- Aspitates aberrata aberrata (Alberta)
- Aspitates aberrata assiniboiarus Munroe, 1963 (eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)
References
edit- ^ "911139.00 – 6715 – Aspitates aberrata – (Edwards, 1884)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- ^ Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details Aspitates aberrata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- ^ Kropiewnicki, Ted (November 17, 2008). "Species Aspitates aberrata - Hodges#6715". BugGuide. Retrieved November 16, 2020.