Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Melanolophia canadaria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Melanolophia Rank Species | |
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Similar Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Melanolophia signataria, Speranza pustularia, Lomographa vestaliata, Lomographa glomeraria | ||
Melanolophia canadaria, the Canadian melanolophia, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Florida to Nova Scotia, west to Saskatchewan and south to Texas.
The wingspan is 30–36 mm. Adults have dark brown or brown mottled wings. They are on wing from March to September in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Betula, Ulmus, Acer, Quercus, Pinus and Prunus species.
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