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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 » Toothed Brown Carpet - Hodges#7390 (Xanthorhoe lacustrata)

Species Xanthorhoe lacustrata - Toothed Brown Carpet - Hodges#7390

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Toothed Brown Carpet - Xanthorhoe lacustrata

Toothed Brown Carpet - Hodges#7390 - Xanthorhoe lacustrata

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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 lacustrata (Toothed Brown Carpet - Hodges#7390)

Hodges Number

7390

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xanthorhoe lacustrata Guenée, 1858

Size

wingspan 22-24 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing subterminal area light brown, basal area medium brown, discal spot reduced or absent, AM line relatively smooth and gently curving, hindwing pale grayish brown

Larvae: See "Print References" below

Range

southern Canada and adjacent parts of US

Season

adults fly from April to September

Food

larvae feed on birch, blackberry, hawthorn, and willow

See Also

Xanthorhoe defensaria (western range)

Sharp-angled Carpet (Euphyia intermediata) which has a large black discal spot, a more jagged or zigzag AM line, and a paler forewing ground color. See comparison images of both species.

White-banded Toothed Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)

Print References

Morris, R.F. 1980. Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador the macrolepidoptera. Agriculture Canada 1691: 231 (description of larvae) (1)

Internet References

Images and Info at Moth Photographers Group

Images and Info at Barcoding Life

Info at E. H. Strickland Museum

Pinned Adult Image at Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador the macrolepidoptera Ray F. Morris. 1980. Agriculture Canada 1691: 374-379.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 February, 2005 - 4:46pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Matthew Roth, Jay Greenberg, Nick Block, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 20 January, 2020 - 7:22pm

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