Melanolophia canadaria

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Melanolophia canadaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Melanolophia
Species: M. canadaria
Binomial name
Melanolophia canadaria
(Guenée, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tephrosia canadaria Guenée, 1857
  • Melanolophia carbonata Cassino & Swett, 1923

The Canadian Melanolophia (Melanolophia canadaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Florida to Nova Scotia, west to Saskatchewan and south to Texas.[2]

The wingspan is 30-36 mm. Adults have dark brown or brown mottled wings.[3] They are on wing from March to September in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Betula, Ulmus, Acer, Quercus, Pinus and Prunus species.

Subspecies

  • Melanolophia canadaria crama Rindge, 1964
  • Melanolophia canadaria choctawae Rindge, 1964

References

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