Campaea perlata
Appearance
Pale beauty | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Campaea |
Species: | C. perlata
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Binomial name | |
Campaea perlata Guenée, 1858
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Campaea perlata, the pale beauty, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. The average wingspan is about 28–51 mm, and the female tends to be much larger than the male.
Range[edit]
C. perlata is seen in almost the entire North American continent.[1]
Food plants of the larvae[edit]
- Alder
- Ash
- Basswood
- Beech
- Birch
- Blueberry
- Canada buffaloberry
- Cherry
- Fir
- Elm
- Hemlock
- Maple
- Oak
- Photinia
- Pine
- Poplar
- Rose
- Spruce
- Tamarack
- Willow
References[edit]
- ^ Jim Sogaard. (2009) Moths & Caterpillars of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas.
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