Tetracis pallidata
| Tetracis pallidata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Tetracis |
| Species: | T. pallidata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetracis pallidata Ferris, 2009 | |
Tetracis pallidata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in British Columbia, Idaho and Washington.
Habitats are mixed riparian forest (cottonwood with aspen and willows intermingled with choke cherry) in sage-shrub steppe, riparian in the ecotone between ponderosa pine and shrub steppe, and in Owyhee County in Idaho, sage-shrub steppe with juniper and mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius).
The length of the forewings 20–23 mm. Adults are on wing from mid September into early October.
Larvae have been reared on Ribes species.
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