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Tetracis pallulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Tetracis
Species:	T. pallulata
Binomial name
Tetracis pallulata (Hulst, 1887)
Synonyms
Synaxis pallulata Hulst, 1896

Tetracis pallulata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887. It is found in western North America from southern California north to British Columbia, east to Idaho (Clearwater County) and western Montana (Lewis and Clark County) from near sea level to 2,200 meters.

The length of the forewings 18–24 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October.

Larvae have been recorded on Abies concolor, Picea engelmannii, Picea sitchensis, Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Tsuga species (including Tsuga heterophylla and Tsuga canadensis).

External links

• Revision of the North American genera Tetracis Guenée and synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

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