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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Leptostales |
Species: | L. ferruminaria
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Binomial name | |
Leptostales ferruminaria (
Zeller, 1872)
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Leptostales ferruminaria, the light-ribboned wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from eastern North America west to Oklahoma and north to British Columbia. [2] The habitat consists of dry shrubby areas and wooded edges along the floodplains of prairie rivers.
The wingspan is 15–20 mm. [3] Adults are variable. Adults are on wing from late May to mid-June in one generation per year. [4]
Light-ribboned wave | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Leptostales |
Species: | L. ferruminaria
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Binomial name | |
Leptostales ferruminaria (
Zeller, 1872)
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Synonyms | |
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Leptostales ferruminaria, the light-ribboned wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from eastern North America west to Oklahoma and north to British Columbia. [2] The habitat consists of dry shrubby areas and wooded edges along the floodplains of prairie rivers.
The wingspan is 15–20 mm. [3] Adults are variable. Adults are on wing from late May to mid-June in one generation per year. [4]