Tetracis formosa

Tetracis formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Tetracis
Species: T. formosa
Binomial name
Tetracis formosa
(Hulst, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Gonodontis formosa Hulst, 1896
  • Synaxis formosa McDunnough, 1938

Tetracis formosa is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Colorado, eastern Utah and eastern Wyoming west to California and north to southern British Columbia and southern Alberta on altitudes between 870 and 2,320 meters.

The length of the forewings 17-23 mm. Adults are on wing from early September to late November.

Larvae have been reared on Prunus andersonii.

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