Heliomata cycladata

Heliomata cycladata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Heliomata
Species: H. cycladata
Binomial name
Heliomata cycladata
Grote & Robinson, 1866[1]
Synonyms
  • Heliomata fulliola Barnes & McDunnough, 1917

Heliomata cycladata, the common spring moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in eastern North America, with records from southern Ontario, southern Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, northern Mississippi and Arkansas.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from March to July.

The larvae feed on Robinia pseudoacacia and Gleditsia triacanthos.[3]

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