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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail 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 · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Larentiinae

Tribe Eupitheciini

Genus Horisme

Species intestinata (Brown Bark Carpet - Hodges#7445)

Hodges Number

7445

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Horisme intestinata (Guenée, [1858])

Phibalapteryx intestinata Guenee, 1857

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

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Quebec to Florida; British Columbia to Texas. (1)

The range appears to be coast to coast in United States and Canada. (2)

Season

adults fly from April/May to September/October

Food

larvae are known to feed on garden clematis (A.W. Thomas)

Life Cycle

two generations per year

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

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

Works Cited

1.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 April, 2005 - 4:04pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 12 February, 2023 - 3:32pm

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