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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 » Epirrhoe » White-banded Toothed Carpet - Hodges#7394 (Epirrhoe alternata)

Species Epirrhoe alternata - White-banded Toothed Carpet - Hodges#7394

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

Moth Geometridae, Carpets and Pug... - Epirrhoe alternata

910238 Epirrhoe alternata 7394 - Epirrhoe alternata

Possible Epirrhoe moth - Epirrhoe alternata

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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 Epirrhoe

Species alternata (White-banded Toothed Carpet - Hodges#7394)

Hodges Number

7394

Other Common Names

called Common Carpet in Europe

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epirrhoe alternata (Müller, 1764)

Size

wingspan 23-25 mm

Identification

Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Range

holarctic: occurs throughout Eurasia; in North America, ranges across the northern US, plus every province and territory of Canada

Habitat

meadows or grassy areas bordering woodlands

Season

The main flight period is May to September.

Food

larvae feed on bedstraw (Galium spp.)

Life Cycle

Larva; adult

See Also

Sharp-angled Carpet (Euphyia intermediata) Forewing subterminal area is drab or "washed out", and hindwing lacks gray and white banding.

Toothed Brown Carpet (Xanthorhoe lacustrata) Forewing AM line is smoothly curved and the discal spot is reduced, faint or missing.

also see comments here:

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 February, 2005 - 4:20pm
Additional contributions by Ethanjf, anitagould, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 19 February, 2023 - 3:00pm

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