Aspitates aberrata

Aspitates aberrata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found 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]

Aspitates aberrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Aspitates
Species:
A. aberrata
Binomial name
Aspitates aberrata
Synonyms
  • Phasiane aberrata H. Edwards, 1884
  • Aspitates orciferaria aberrata

The wingspan is 27–36 mm. Adults are creamy white with a heavy dusting of brownish-grey scales, which is heavier on the forewings. There is a faint, thick straight grey line running across the outer third of the wing from the apex to lower margin. The hindwings are less heavily dusted and have a prominent grey discal spot.

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-May to mid-July.

Subspecies
  • Aspitates aberrata aberrata (Alberta)
  • Aspitates aberrata assiniboiarus Munroe, 1963 (eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)
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References
  1. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
  2. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
  3. BugGuide


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