Trichodezia albovittata, the white-striped black moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador, south in the east to North Carolina and in the west to northern California.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Trichodezia |
| Species: | T. albovittata
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| Trichodezia albovittata | |
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The wingspan is 20–25 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.
The larvae feed on Impatiens species.
Subspecies
edit- Trichodezia albovittata albovittata
- Trichodezia albovittata tenuifasciata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
References
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- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Trichodezia albovittata (Guenee 1857)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ Bug Guide