Lambdina fiscellaria

Lambdina fiscellaria
Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lambdina
Species: L. fiscellaria
Binomial name
Lambdina fiscellaria
Guenée, 1857
Subspecies

3, see text

Synonyms
  • Lambdina flagitiaria
  • Lambdina peccataria
  • Lambdina johnsoni
  • Lambdina turbataria

The Mournful Thorn or Hemlock Looper (Lambdina fiscellaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in North America, from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast and from Canada south to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and California.

Gray to cream coloured with scalloped wing borders. Darker line across fore and hind wings, a second line across fore wings. Area between lines may be shaded or unshaded.[1] Similar to Oak Besma.

The wingspan is about 35 mm. The moth flies from August to early October depending on the location.[1]

The larva feed on hemlock, balsam fir, white spruce, oak and other hardwoods.

Subspecies

There are three recognised subspecies:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sogaard, Jim. (2009) Moths and Caterpillar of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas, p.53.

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