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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 » Plemyria » George's Carpet - Hodges#7216 (Plemyria georgii)

Species Plemyria georgii - George's Carpet - Hodges#7216

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

910053 Plemyria georgii - Plemyria georgii

Carpet Moth at Anglin Lake - Plemyria georgii

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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 Plemyria

Species georgii (George's Carpet - Hodges#7216)

Hodges Number

7216

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plemyria georgii Hulst, 1896

Plemyria georgii benesignata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)

Numbers

The only species in the genus for North America north of Mexico.

Size

Forewing length 13-16 mm.(1)

Range

British Columbia and Northwest Territories to Nova Scotia;

In the United States from central California to Maine(1)(2)

Habitat

Adults are nocturnal but often seen during the day

Season

Adults fly July to early September(1)

Food

Larval foodplant:(1)

Alnus (Alder)

Betula (Birch)

Salix (willow)

Print References

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, p. 224, pl 31.41.(1)

Hodges, R.W. et al. (editors) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E. W. Classey, London, UK(3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(4)

BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System(5)

Works Cited

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

2.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

3.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Cotinis on 15 January, 2006 - 6:54pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman
Last updated 16 July, 2018 - 9:37am

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