Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Speranza quadrilinearia (Packard, 1873)


Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Identification:
Wing Span: males 1.1-1.6 cm, females 1.4-1.6 cm
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Ceanothus species.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: A western species from British Columbia south to southern California; occurs in Idaho, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico. Ferguson mentions it is absent from Arizona and Montana.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: None.