Aspitates aberrata

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Aspitates aberrata
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Aspitates
Species:
A. aberrata
Binomial name
Aspitates aberrata
(H. Edwards, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Phasiane aberrata H. Edwards, 1884
  • Aspitates orciferaria aberrata

Aspitates aberrata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae that was first described by Henry Edwards in 1884.[1] It is found in North America from northern Minnesota north and west across southern Manitoba to western Alberta and the Peace River area of British Columbia.[2] The habitat consists of open aspen parklands and low elevation grasslands.[3]

The wingspan is 27–36 mm.

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-May to mid-July.

Subspecies

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  • Aspitates aberrata aberrata (Alberta)
  • Aspitates aberrata assiniboiarus Munroe, 1963 (eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)

References

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