Genus Xanthorhoe

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References

856 Xanthorhoe lacustrata - Toothed Brown Carpet Moth 7390 - Xanthorhoe lacustrata - female

at least i think its laurentine - Xanthorhoe defensaria

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Larentiinae

Tribe Xanthorhoini

Genus Xanthorhoe

Other Common Names

several species have "Carpet" in their common name

Numbers

27 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

20 species in Canada (CBIF)

Range

represented througout North America, north to the arctic

Internet References

pinned adult images of 18 of the 20 species occurring in Canada (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 February, 2005 - 2:58pm

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