Leptostales ferruminaria

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Leptostales
Species:	L. ferruminaria
Binomial name
Leptostales ferruminaria (Zeller, 1872)
Synonyms
Acidalia ferruminaria Zeller, 1872

The wingspan is 15–20 mm.[3] Adults are variable. The basal area of the forewings is mostly light grey-brown or rusty red, while the median area is darker brick or purple red and the outer third is lighter rusty red. The forewings are crossed by median, postmedian and subterminal lines. All of these are dark and jagged. The hindwings are paler red brown. Adults are on wing from late May to mid-June in one generation per year.[4]

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Leptostales ferruminaria (Zeller 1872)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. Bug Guide
4. Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details: Leptostales ferruminaria". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.