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Tetracis hirsutaria

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Tetracis hirsutaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Geometridae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in the United States 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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