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.

External links

Revision of the North American genera Tetracis Guenée and synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

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