Tetracis pallulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Tetracis |
Species: | T. pallulata |
Binomial name | |
Tetracis pallulata (Hulst, 1887) |
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Tetracis pallulata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from southern California north to British Columbia, east to Idaho (Clearwater County) and western Montana (Lewis and Clark Counties) from near sea level to 2,200 meters.
The length of the forewings 18-24 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October.
Larvae have been recorded on Abies concolor, Picea englemanni, Picea sitchensis, Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Tsuga species (including Tsuga heterophylla and Tsuga canadensis).