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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Geometroidea » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Eupitheciini » Horisme » Brown Bark Carpet - Hodges#7445 (Horisme intestinata)

Species Horisme intestinata - Brown Bark Carpet - Hodges#7445

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
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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
Species intestinata (Brown Bark Carpet - Hodges#7445)
Hodges Number
7445
Size
wingspan 21-32 mm
Identification
wings yellowish-brown with many wavy dark gray to black lines; forewing PM line deeply scalloped; discal spots small, blackish; black basal bar on hindwing aligns with black bar across base of abdomen
[adapted from description by Charles Covell]
Range
coast to coast in United States and Canada
Season
adults fly from April/May to September/October
Food
larvae are known to feed on garden clematis (A.W. Thomas)
see, also,
Life Cycle
two generations per year
Internet References
live adult image (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)
adult image (Bob Patterson, Maryland)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
live larva image (A.W. Thomas, New Brunswick)
common name reference plus other info (Ohio State U.)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 April, 2005 - 4:04pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, anitagould
Last updated 2 June, 2007 - 3:55pm

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