Tetracis hirsutaria

Tetracis hirsutaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Tetracis
Species: T. hirsutaria
Binomial name
Tetracis hirsutaria
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Metanema hirsutaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
  • Synaxis hirsutaria McDunnough, 1938

Tetracis hirsutaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in California and extreme southern Nevada.

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

Larvae have been reared on Ceanothus (including Ceanothus cuneatus), Cercocarpus, (including Cercocarpus betuloides), Prunus emarginata and Ribes malvaceum.


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