Lambdina fiscellaria

Lambdina fiscellaria
	Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Lambdina
Species:	L. fiscellaria
Binomial name
	Lambdina fiscellaria; Guenée, 1857
Subspecies
	3, see text
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;

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.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

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

Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria caterpillar
Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa caterpillar
Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria adult
Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria caterpillar

References

Sogaard, Jim. (2009) Moths and Caterpillar of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas, p.53.

External links

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.

[NW-1] Sogaard, Jim. (2009) Moths and Caterpillar of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas, p.53.

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