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Genus Horisme

Brown Bark Carpet Moth - Horisme intestinata Horisme intestinata Moth 031416a ID - Horisme intestinata Brown bark carpet moth? Horisme intestinata? - Horisme intestinata geometer -gray sp? - Horisme intestinata Brown Bark Carpet Moth- - Horisme intestinata Horisme intestinata Horisme intestinata
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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 Eupitheciini
Genus Horisme
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Horisme Hübner, [1825]
Pseudocollix Warren, 1895
Horisma Hulst, 1896
Larentia Bruand, 1847
Numbers
4 species in North America (nearctica.com)
2 species in Canada (CBIF)
Size
wingspan 21-32 mm
Identification
wings yellowish-brown with many wavy dark gray to black lines
Range
coast to coast in United States and Canada
also occurs in Eurasia
Season
adults fly from April to October
Life Cycle
two generations per year
Internet References
pinned adult images of both species occurring in Canada (CBIF)
live larva image of H. intestinata (A.W. Thomas, New Brunswick)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 April, 2005 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 12 December, 2023 - 9:46am

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