Species Neoalcis californiaria - Brownlined Looper - Hodges#6435

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Internet References

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 Boarmiini

Genus Neoalcis

Species californiaria (Brownlined Looper - Hodges#6435)

Hodges Number

6435

Numbers

The only species in this genus in North America

Size

Larva up to 35 mm

Adult wingspan about 34 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen

Range

The west coast from California to British Columbia.

Food

Larvae feed mainly on Douglas-Fir; other hosts include Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar, Grand Fir, Lodgepole Pine (Canadian Forest Service).

Larvae also feed on many broadleaf trees and shrubs (USGS)

Internet References

pinned adult images (CBIF)

live larva images and other info (Canadian Forest Service)

more live larva images and description (Canadian Forest Service)

live larva image and other info (USGS)

Moth Photographers Group pinned adult specimen

Moth Photographers Group pinned adult male & female specimens

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 January, 2005 - 8:55pm
Additional contributions by anitagould
Last updated 30 March, 2006 - 12:15pm

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