Cyclophora pendulinaria

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| taxon = Cyclophora pendulinaria

| authority = (Guenee, 1857){{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82838052 |title=Cyclophora pendulinaria (Guenee 1857) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324040457/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82838052 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}

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Ephyra pendulinaria Guenee, 1857
Cyclophora dilucidaria Rothke, 1920
Cosymbia griseor McDunnough, 1927
Cosymbia lumenaria Hubner, 1832[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8576560 Cosymbia lumenaria Hub: A Correction]
Cyclophora nigricaria Rothke, 1920
Acidalia quadriannulata Walker, 1863

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Cyclophora pendulinaria, the sweetfern geometer moth or pearly-grey wave, is a moth in the family Geometridae.

Overview

It is found in North America,[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7139 mothphotographersgroup] where it is found from Newfoundland and Labrador west to the Yukon and coastal British Columbia, south to Georgia in the east. The habitat consists of moist or mesic forests.

The wingspan is 17–26 mm.[http://bugguide.net/node/view/11012 BugGuide] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to October.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Comptonia and Alnus species.{{cite web |author=Schmidt, B. C. |author2=Anweiler, G. G. |name-list-style=amp |date=November 27, 2003 |url=https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3991 |title=Species Details: Cyclophora pendulinaria |website=University of Alberta Museums |publisher=E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum |access-date=December 26, 2020}}

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Category:Moths described in 1857

pendulinaria

Category:Moths of North America