Tetracis crocallata

Tetracis crocallata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Tetracis
Species:	T. crocallata
Binomial name
	Tetracis crocallata; Guenée, [1858]
Synonyms
	Tetracis aspilatata Guenée, [1858] ;

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.

The length of the forewings 17–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August depending on the location. There are two generations in New York and southward.

The larvae feed on Alnus, Castanea and Salix species.[1]

References

Revision of the North American genera Tetracis Guenée and synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

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[1] Revision of the North American genera Tetracis Guenée and synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)