Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


spring hemlock looper
Lambdina fervidaria athasaria (Walker)



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spring hemlock looper
Lambdina fervidaria athasaria
Larva(e)
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station


Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
Genus: Lambdina



References

Common Name Reference: Web Search - http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:SNUXGnWWaq4J:www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_ne267/gtr_ne267_177.pdf+%22spring+hemlock+looper%22&cd=12&hl=en&ct=cln
Scientific Name Reference: Geometrid Moths of the World - http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/fst/faculty/acree/pheronet/phlist/lambdina.html