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Species Dysstroma truncata - Marbled Carpet - Hodges#7187

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Marbled Carpet - Dysstroma truncata Dysstroma truncata Marbled Carpet, 7187 - Dysstroma truncata Dysstroma truncata
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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 Dysstroma
Species truncata (Marbled Carpet - Hodges#7187)

Hodges Number

7187

Size

Wingspan 26-32 mm

Identification

Variable, basal area light gray/brown, median area white or grayish (1).

Range

Holarctic. The North American subspecies is Dysstroma truncata transversata. In east, found from Labrador south to North Carolina mountains, west to Missouri, and also across Canada. Also widespread in western North America (2).

Season

June-August

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on foliage of alders, Alnus, willows, Salix and other woody plants, as well as on forbs.

Print References

Covell, p. 379, plate 49 (1)
Miller, p. 56, description (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographer's Group
Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
2.Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
Jeffrey Miller, Paul Hammond. 2000. USDA Forest Service, FHTET-98-18.
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 January, 2006 - 7:41pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 15 August, 2023 - 9:07pm

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