Lambdina fiscellaria | |
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Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Lambdina |
Species: | L. fiscellaria
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Binomial name | |
Lambdina fiscellaria
Guenée, 1857
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Subspecies | |
3, see text | |
Synonyms | |
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Lambdina fiscellaria, the mournful thorn or hemlock looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast and from Canada south to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and California. [1]
The wingspan is about 35 mm. The moth flies from August to early October depending on the location. [1]
The larvae feed on hemlock, balsam fir, white spruce, oak and other hardwoods.
There are three recognized subspecies:
Lambdina fiscellaria | |
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![]() | |
Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Lambdina |
Species: | L. fiscellaria
|
Binomial name | |
Lambdina fiscellaria
Guenée, 1857
| |
Subspecies | |
3, see text | |
Synonyms | |
|
Lambdina fiscellaria, the mournful thorn or hemlock looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast and from Canada south to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and California. [1]
The wingspan is about 35 mm. The moth flies from August to early October depending on the location. [1]
The larvae feed on hemlock, balsam fir, white spruce, oak and other hardwoods.
There are three recognized subspecies: