Genus Horisme

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Brown Bark Carpet - Hodges#7445 - Horisme intestinata

Brown Bark Carpet Moth - Horisme intestinata

Brown Bark Carpet Moth - Hodges #7445 - Horisme intestinata

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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 Eupitheciini

Genus Horisme

Numbers

4 species in North America (nearctica.com)

2 species in Canada (CBIF)

Size

wingspan 21-32 mm

Identification

wings yellowish-brown with many wavy dark gray to black lines

Range

coast to coast in United States and Canada

also occurs in Eurasia

Season

adults fly from April to October

Life Cycle

two generations per year

Internet References

pinned adult images of both species occurring in Canada (CBIF)

live larva image of H. intestinata (A.W. Thomas, New Brunswick)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 April, 2005 - 3:43pm
Last updated 24 November, 2005 - 6:56am

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