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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 » Hydriomenini » Anticlea » Variable Carpet - Hodges#7329 (Anticlea vasiliata)

Species Anticlea vasiliata - Variable Carpet - Hodges#7329

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References

Brown Moth with Some Purple - Anticlea vasiliata

Anticlea vasiliata - Variable Carpet Moth 7329 - Anticlea vasiliata

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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 Anticlea

Species vasiliata (Variable Carpet - Hodges#7329)

Hodges Number

7329

Other Common Names

Early Carpet

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anticlea vasiliata Guenée, [1858]

Anticlea vasaliata of authors

Anticlea spilosaria (Walker, 1860)

Anticlea rigidata (Walker, 1863)

Anticlea niveifasciata (Hulst, 1900)

Phylogenetic Sequence # 910172

Explanation of Names

ANTICLEA: in Greek mythology, the mother of Odysseus

Size

wingspan about 30 mm

Identification

Adult: the forewing combination of a short dark streak at the apex and a protruding double loop mid-way along the postmedial (PM) line is distinctive; usually has a white spot half-way along the subterminal line

Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Genitalia:

Range

northern United States and southern Canada (Newfoundland to Maryland, west to California, north to British Columbia)

Season

adults fly from April to June

Food

larvae feed on Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and Carolina Rose (Rosa carolina) [Handfield, L. Papillons du Quebec, 1999 - The best text for northeastern Leps; 982 pages + colour illustartions of almost all species in the northeast]

See Also

The wing pattern can be very similar to the highly variable Hydriomena albifasciata.

The banding pattern on the forewing resembles the pattern seen in species of Zale, a genus of noctuid moths.

Internet References

live adult images showing range of color, plus description, food plants, flight season (Lynn Scott, Ontario)

live adult image plus common name references (John Himmelman, Connecticut)

pinned adult images showing range of color (CBIF)

pinned adult images showing range of color (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)

adult images and food plant (Larry Line, Maryland)

presence in California; list (U. of California at Berkeley)

distribution in Canada listing every province except PEI (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 April, 2005 - 1:55pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, anitagould, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 April, 2022 - 10:05am

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