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Genus Dysstroma

Dark Marbled Carpet Moth - Dysstroma citrata Dysstroma ochrofuscaria geometrid moth - Dysstroma a Dysstroma?  Which one? - Dysstroma Dysstroma citrata - Dark Marbled Carpet 7182  - Dysstroma citrata Marbled Carpet, 7187 - Dysstroma truncata moth - Dysstroma hersiliata moth - Dysstroma
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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 Hydriomenini
Genus Dysstroma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chloroclysta
Numbers
14 species in North America (Nearctica.com)
12 species in Canada (CBIF)
Range
in North America, from northern US, north to the arctic
holarctic; occurs throughout Eurasia
Remarks
seems to be called Chloroclysta in Eurasia, but Dysstroma in North America
Internet References
pinned adult images of all 12 species occurring in Canada (CBIF)