Patalene olyzonaria

Patalene olyzonaria
Patalene olyzonaria
Patalene olyzonaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
Genus: Patalene
Species: P. olyzonaria
Binomial name
Patalene olyzonaria
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Syssaura olyzonaria Walker, 1860
  • Drepanodes syzygiaria Hulst, 1886
  • Drepanodes sesquilinea Grote, 1870
  • Patalene olyzonaria puber (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
  • Patalene varus (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
  • Patalene aquosus (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
  • Patalene juniperaria (Packard, 1871)
  • Patalene hortularia (Hulst, 1886)
  • Patalene perizomaria (Hulst, 1886)

The Juniper-twig Geometer (Patalene olyzonaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Quebec and New Hampshire to Florida, west to Texas, north to Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 21-25 mm. Adults are on wing from April to November. There are two to three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Juniperus species and at times Thuja occidentalis and possibly Pinus.

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