Tetracis cervinaria

Tetracis cervinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Tetracis
Species: T. cervinaria
Binomial name
Tetracis cervinaria
(Packard, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Metanema cervinaria Packard, 1871
  • Metanema aurantiacaria Packard. 1873
  • Synaxis cervinaria McDunnough, 1938

Tetracis cervinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from British Columbia south to Kern County, California and eastward to western Montana, south-eastern Idaho, Carbon County, Wyoming and Larimer County, Colorado. It is found on altitudes of 790 to 2,375 meters.

The length of the forewings 19-23 mm. Adults are on wing from February to June.

The larvae feed on Prunus emarginata and Prunus virginiana.

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