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Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm)

Synonyms: Anisopteryx sericeiferata; Pachycnemia psi; Paleacrita pometaria; Paleacrita speciosa; Phalaena vernata

Wikipedia Abstract

Paleacrita vernata, the spring cankerworm, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in North America from the Atlantic Ocean west to Alberta, Texas and California. The length of the forewings is 11–18 mm for males. The females are wingless. Adult males are on wing from February to late May.
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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0