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Tetracis crocallata (Yellow Slant-Line)

Synonyms: Tetracis allediusaria; Tetracis aspilata; Tetracis communata

Wikipedia Abstract

Tetracis crocallata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan to Alberta, south to northern Florida, west to Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and extreme eastern Texas. The length of the forewings 17–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August depending on the location. There are two generations in New York and southward. The larvae feed on Alnus, Castanea and Salix species.
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Infraspecies

Tetracis crocallata aspilatata
Tetracis crocallata crocallata

Prey / Diet

Castanea dentata (American chestnut)[1]
Lindera benzoin (northern spicebush)[1]
Sambucus nigra (European black elderberry)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
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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