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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Geometroidea » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Lambdina » Hemlock Looper - Hodges#6888 (Lambdina fiscellaria)

Species Lambdina fiscellaria - Hemlock Looper - Hodges#6888

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Range · Food · Internet References
Moth - Lambdina fiscellaria Hemlock Looper - Lambdina fiscellaria Moth on House Siding - Lambdina fiscellaria 560 cf. Lambdina fiscellaria - Hemlock Looper 6888 - Lambdina fiscellaria - male Lambdina fiscellaria - male Hemlock Looper - Lambdina fiscellaria - female Looper Maybe - Lambdina fiscellaria 6888 Hemlock Looper Moth - Lambdina fiscellaria - Lambdina fiscellaria - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Ourapterygini
Genus Lambdina
Species fiscellaria (Hemlock Looper - Hodges#6888)
Hodges Number
6888
Size
wingspan about 35 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Range
coast to coast in Canada and adjacent parts of US
Food
Larvae feed on hemlock, balsam fir, and white spruce, plus oak and other hardwoods.
Internet References
biology and economic importance (Government of Maine)
live adult image (Lynn Scott)
live adult image (Larry Line)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
live larva image and other info (USGS)
Moth Photographers Group pinned adult specimen
Moth Photographers Group living adult specimen
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 January, 2005 - 10:46pm
Additional contributions by anitagould
Last updated 12 April, 2006 - 12:29am

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