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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 » Lobophorini » Cladara » Mottled Gray Carpet - Hodges#7637 (Cladara limitaria)

Species Cladara limitaria - Mottled Gray Carpet - Hodges#7637

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Mottled Gray Carpet Moth - Cladara limitaria

910478 Cladara limitaria - Cladara limitaria

Geometridae: Cladara limitaria - Cladara limitaria

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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 Lobophorini

Genus Cladara

Species limitaria (Mottled Gray Carpet - Hodges#7637)

Hodges Number

7637

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cladara limitaria (Walker, 1860)

Cleora limitaria Walker, 1860

Lobophora fusifasciata Walker, 1862

Scotosia lobophorata Walker, 1862

Larentia longipennis Walker, 1866

Nyctobia reiffi Swett, 1910

Lobophora anguilineata Grote & Robinson, 1867

Nyctobia eastmani Reiff, 1913

Eupithecia vernata Packard, 1873 (in part)

Lobophora nigroangulata Strecker, 1899

Explanation of Names

Cladara limitaria (Walker, 1860) includes as a synonyms anguilineata (Grote & Robinson, 1867), eastmani (Reiff, 19130, and vernata (Packard, 1873) (in part); vernata (in part) is also treated as a synonym of C. atroliturata (Walker, [1863]) pending designation of a neotype. (Schmidt & McGuinness in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) (1)

Parsons et al. (1999) included Nyctobia Hulst, 1896 as a junior synonym of Cladara Hulst, 1896.

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 14-17 mm.(2)

WS ≈ 21-28mm (3)

Identification

☼ “Cladara limitaria and Cladara anguilineata are nearly indistinguishable by appearance. There isn't any visible characteristic that is diagnostic to my knowledge. In fact, some have stated that they may be the same species.” [Jason D. Roberts]

Genitalia:

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Wagner (2010) states Cladara limitaria and C. anguilineata may be one species. (4)

Range

Powell & Opler (2009) (2) reported the range "is transcontinental across southern Canada and south to California (Placer County), eastern Nevada, and central Colorado. (5)

Also occurs in much of the eastern United States. (6)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported a single flight of April through June. (2)

Pohl et al. reported April to May in Alberta. (7)

Print References

Pearsall, R.F., 1914. Short studies in Geometridae. No. 3. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 9: 44.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 33, fig. 37; p. 231. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (6)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

E.H. Strickland Museum (9)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

4.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History (Princeton Field Guides) David L. Wagner. 2010. Princeton University Press, 1-496.

5.	Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

7.	An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.

8.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

9.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 23 March, 2005 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 January, 2024 - 9:42am

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