Lambdina fiscellaria, the mournful thorn or hemlock looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast and from Canada south to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and California.
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| Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Lambdina |
| Species: | L. fiscellaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Lambdina fiscellaria Guenée, 1857
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The adult is grey to cream coloured with scalloped wing borders and resembles the oak besma. Darker line across forewings and hindwings, a second line across forewings. Area between lines may be shaded or unshaded.[1]
The wingspan is about 35 mm. The moth flies from August to early October depending on the location.[1]
The larvae feed on hemlock, balsam fir, white spruce, oak and other hardwoods.
Subspecies edit
There are three recognized subspecies:
- Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria – eastern hemlock looper
- Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa – western hemlock looper
- Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria – western oak looper or Garry oak looper
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Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria caterpillar -
Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa caterpillar -
Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria adult -
Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria caterpillar
References edit
External links edit
- Anweiler, G. G. (February 8, 2004). "Species Details Lambdina fiscellaria". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- McLeod, Robin (September 1, 2020). "Species Lambdina fiscellaria - Hemlock Looper - Hodges#6888". BugGuide. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
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