Lambdina fiscellaria
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| image = Hemlock Looper, Bon Echo.jpg
| image_caption = Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario
| taxon = Lambdina fiscellaria
| authority = Guenée, 1857
| synonyms =
- Ellopia fiscellaria Guenée
- Ellopia fervidaria Hubner
- Ellopia somniaria Hulst
- Lambdina flagitiaria Guenée, (1858)
- Lambdina peccataria Guenée, (1858)
- Lambdina johnsoni Swett, 1913
- Lambdina turbataria Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
- Therina fiscellaria
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = 3, see text
}}
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.
The wingspan is about 35 mm. The moth flies from August to early October depending on the location.Sogaard, Jim. (2009) Moths and Caterpillar of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas, p.53.
The larvae feed on hemlock, balsam fir, white spruce, oak and other hardwoods.
Subspecies
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
File:Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria larva.jpg|Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria caterpillar
File:Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa larva.jpg|Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa caterpillar
File:Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria.jpg|Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria adult
File:Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria larva.jpg|Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria caterpillar
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External links
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- {{cite web |author1=Anweiler, G. G. |date=February 8, 2004 |url=https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-4277 |title=Species Details Lambdina fiscellaria |website=University of Alberta Museums |publisher=E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum |access-date=November 8, 2020}}
- {{cite web |last=McLeod |first=Robin |date=September 1, 2020 |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/9655 |title=Species Lambdina fiscellaria - Hemlock Looper - Hodges#6888 |website=BugGuide |access-date=November 7, 2020}}
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Category:Moths described in 1857
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