Heliomata cycladata Grote & Robinson, 1866 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Heliomata cycladata Grote & Robinson, 1866

Heliomata cycladata Grote & Robinson, 1866

Heliomata cycladata, the common spring moth, is a geometrid moth found in eastern North America with a 20 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Heliomata
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Heliomata cycladata Grote & Robinson, 1866

Heliomata cycladata, commonly called the common spring moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. This species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1866. It is found in eastern North America, with confirmed records from southern Ontario, southern Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Wisconsin, ranging south to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, northern Mississippi, and Arkansas. The wingspan of adults is approximately 20 mm. Mature adults are active from March through July. The larvae of this moth feed on Robinia pseudoacacia and Gleditsia triacanthos.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Heliomata

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