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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 » Many-lined Carpet - Hodges#7330 (Anticlea multiferata)

Species Anticlea multiferata - Many-lined Carpet - Hodges#7330

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Many-lined Carpet - Hodges#7330 - Anticlea multiferata Many-lined Carpet - Anticlea multiferata Moth - Anticlea multiferata Many-lined Carpet - Anticlea multiferata 4/8/18 moth - Anticlea multiferata Many-lined Carpet - Hodges#7330 - Anticlea multiferata Anticlea multiferata Hodges #7330= Many-lined Carpet Moth - Anticlea multiferata
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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 multiferata (Many-lined Carpet - Hodges#7330)
Hodges Number
7330
Size
Wingspan 19-25 mm
Identification
Forewing brownish marooon with many fine parallel yellowish lines
Range
all of North America, including Alaska and the Canadian arctic
Season
Adults from April-August, April and May only in south; May to July in the north.
Food
Larvae feed on willow-herb (Epilobium spp.) and Prostrate Knotweed (Polygonum aviculare).
Remarks
One of the few moths whose range covers the entire continent.
Print References
Covell, p. 384, plate 49 #13 (1)
Internet References
Lynn Scott, Ontario
Larry Line, Maryland Moths
pinned adult image (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 May, 2005 - 11:49am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 7 November, 2005 - 4:28am

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