- Tetracis cervinaria
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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 Geometridae family. 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.
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