Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae > Phaeoura > Phaeoura quernaria

Phaeoura quernaria (Oak Beauty)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Phaeoura quernaria, the Oak Beauty, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in eastern North America, occurring as far west as east-central Alberta. The habitat consists of aspen-cherry shrubland. The wingspan is 37–56 mm. The wings are powdery light to dark olive brown, with a white patch at the forewing apex. Adults are on wing from February to October in the southern part of the range, where two generations per year occur.
View Wikipedia Record: Phaeoura quernaria

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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