Tetracis cervinaria

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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.

Tetracis cervinaria
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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 cervinaria Packard, 1871
  • Metanema aurantiacaria Packard. 1873
  • Synaxis cervinaria McDunnough, 1938

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.

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