''Hydriomena divisaria'', the black-dashed hydriomena moth, is a
moth in the family
Geometridae. It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it has been recorded from southern
Canada and the northern
United States, south to
Georgia in the east.
The
wingspan is 24–30 mm. The forewings are greyish-brown with a variable pattern of scalloped blackish lines. The greyish band in the antemedial area usually reaches the costa and the terminal line usually consists of a blurred pair dots. Adults have been recorded on wing mainly in April to July.
The larvae feed on ''
Abies balsamea'', ''
Pinus'' and ''
Picea
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...
'' species.
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Subspecies
*''Hydriomena divisaria divisaria''
*''Hydriomena divisaria brunnescens'' McDunnough, 1954
*''Hydriomena divisaria frigidata'' (Walker, 1863)
References
Moths described in 1860
Hydriomenini
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