Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Tetracis pallidata | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Tetracis Rank Species | |
Tetracis pallidata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in British Columbia, Idaho and Washington.
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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