Tetracis pallidata

Tetracis pallidata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Clifford D. Ferris in 2009. It is found in British Columbia, Idaho and Washington.

Tetracis pallidata
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T. pallidata
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Tetracis pallidata
Ferris, 2009

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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