Speranza lorquinaria

Speranza lorquinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Macariini
Genus: Speranza
Species:
S. lorquinaria
Binomial name
Speranza lorquinaria
(Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1858)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tephrina lorquinaria Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1858

Speranza lorquinaria, or Lorquin's angle, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Speranza lorquinaria is 6324.[4]

Synonyms

  • Tephrina lorquinaria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Halia tripunctaria (Packard, 1873)
  • Macaria lorquinaria (Guenée, 1858)

Host Plants

The larva feed on Red Alder and Willow and other plants in the families Betulaceae, Pinaceae and Salicaceae.[4]

Macaria lorquinaria caterpillar

References

  1. 1 2 "Speranza lorquinaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Speranza lorquinaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. 1 2 "North American Moth Photographers Group, Speranza lorquinaria". Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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