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Genus Cyclophora

Clyclophora - Cyclophora dataria Moth - Cyclophora dataria Moth - Cyclophora dataria Moth - Cyclophora nanaria Wave - Cyclophora myrtaria - male Moth ID? - Cyclophora nanaria Cyclophora packardi Cyclophora nanaria - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Sterrhinae
Tribe Cosymbiini
Genus Cyclophora
Numbers
7 species in North America (Nearctica.com)
2 species in Canada (CBIF)
Size
wingspan 21-26 mm
Range
represented in every province and territory of Canada, plus (presumably) Alaska; in the east extends southward through the US at least as far as Georgia
Season
adults fly from May to September
Food
larvae feed on alder, beech, blueberry, snakeroot, sweetfern
Internet References
pinned adult images of both species occurring in Canada (CBIF)