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Geometridae
91a1411 – 6956   Tetracis cervinaria (Packard, 1871)

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Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
British Columbia south to Kern County, California, eastward to western Montana, southeastern Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado. Absent from coastal southern California where replaced by T. australis.
Seasonality
and Size:
February - June or a little later. FWL ~ 19-23 mm.
Larva and
Host Plants:
See ZooTaxa paper regarding host plants.
Genitalia: See Ferris & Schmidt (2010).
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Metanema cervinaria Packard, 1871
Metanema aurantiacaria Packard, 1873
Taxonomic Notes: Tetracis cervinaria (Packard, 1871), n. comb. in Ferris & Schmidt (2010), was formerly in the genus Synaxis.
References
  • Ferris, C.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Revision of the North American Genera Tetracis Guenée and Synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with Descriptions of Three New Species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). Zootaxa, 2347: 1-36.
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 30.28f, 30.29f; p. 218. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Tetracis cervinaria
© John Davis
Tetracis cervinaria
© John Davis
Tetracis cervinaria
© John Davis
Tetracis cervinaria
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Tetracis cervinaria
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Tetracis cervinaria
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Tetracis cervinaria
40mm - – © Jim Vargo
Tetracis cervinaria
40mm - – © Jim Vargo

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