Tetracis pallidata
| Tetracis pallidata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Tetracis |
| Species: | T. pallidata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetracis pallidata Ferris, 2009 | |
Tetracis pallidata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in British Columbia, Idaho and Washington.
Habitats are mixed riparian forest (cottonwood with aspen and willows intermingled with choke cherry) in sage-shrub steppe, riparian in the ecotone between ponderosa pine and shrub steppe, and in Owyhee County in Idaho, sage-shrub steppe with juniper and mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius).
The length of the forewings 20-23 mm. Adults are on wing from mid September into early October.
Larvae have been reared on Ribes species.
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