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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 » Xanthorhoini » Xanthorhoe » Red Twin-Spot - Hodges#7388 (Xanthorhoe ferrugata)

Species Xanthorhoe ferrugata - Red Twin-Spot - Hodges#7388

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References

Red Twin-spot Carpet, 3:45pm - Xanthorhoe ferrugata - male

Red Twin-Spot - Hodges#7388 - Xanthorhoe ferrugata

Red Twin-Spot - Xanthorhoe ferrugata - male

Euphyia intermediata ? - Xanthorhoe ferrugata - male

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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 Xanthorhoini

Genus Xanthorhoe

Species ferrugata (Red Twin-Spot - Hodges#7388)

Hodges Number

7388

Other Common Names

In Europe, this species is called Dark-barred Twin-Spot, and a different species (X. spadicearia) is called Red Twin-Spot. How's that for confusion?

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: (Clerck, 1759)

Size

wingspan 18-25 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing with wide dark reddish-brown or black median area, and double blackish spot in subterminal area below apical patch; basal area usually reddish-brown; apical patch usually brownish and diffuse; double blackish spot in subterminal areas is distinguishing feature

Genitalia:

Range

holarctic; in North America ranges from Alaska to Newfoundland, south in the east to northern Georgia, south in the west to California

Habitat

suburban lawns and gardens

Season

adults fly from April/May to September

Food

North American larvae feed on chickweed (Stellaria spp.), ground-ivy or gill-over-the-ground (Glechoma hederacea), and smartweed (Polygonum spp.)

Life Cycle

at least two generations per year

Remarks

The larval food plants are commonly found in lawns that haven't been treated with weed-killer.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 August, 2005 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, anitagould, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 19 June, 2022 - 11:55am

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