Leptostales ferruminaria
Species of moth
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Leptostales ferruminaria, the light-ribboned wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from eastern North America west to Oklahoma and north to British Columbia.[2] The habitat consists of dry shrubby areas and wooded edges along the floodplains of prairie rivers.
| Light-ribboned wave | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Leptostales |
| Species: | L. ferruminaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptostales ferruminaria (Zeller, 1872) | |
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The wingspan is 15–20 mm.[3] Adults are variable. Adults are on wing from late May to mid-June in one generation per year.[4]
