Biology:Erannis tiliaria
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Short description: Species of moth
Erannis tiliaria | |
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Adult (top) and larva (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Erannini/? |
Genus: | Erannis |
Species: | E. tiliaria
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Binomial name | |
Erannis tiliaria (Harris, 1841)
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Erannis tiliaria, the linden looper, also known under the rather ambiguous name "winter moth", is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841. It is found in North America from central Alberta east to Nova Scotia, south to Missouri, Georgia, Utah and Texas .
Erannis vancouverensis was considered to be a subspecies of E. tiliaria for some time, but appears to be a separate species.
The wingspan is 32–42 mm for males. Females are wingless. Adult males are on wing in late fall.
The larvae feed on various deciduous trees and shrubs, including basswood, apple, ash, beech, birch, elm, maple, oak, poplar, Prunus and Ribes.
External links
- "911086.00 – 6665 – Erannis tiliaria – Linden Looper Moth – (Harris, 1841)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6665.
- Balaban, John and Jane (November 21, 2019). "Species Erannis tiliaria - Linden Looper - Hodges#6665". https://bugguide.net/node/view/39092.
- "Species Details Erannis tiliaria". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. November 23, 2003. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3893.
- "Erannis tiliaria (Linden Looper)". Moth Guide. Archived from the original March 3, 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q5384887 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erannis tiliaria.
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