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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 » Dysstroma » Orange-barred Carpet - Hodges#7189 (Dysstroma hersiliata)

Species Dysstroma hersiliata - Orange-barred Carpet - Hodges#7189

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References

1564 Dysstroma hersiliata -Orange-barred Carpet 7189 - Dysstroma hersiliata

1733 Dysstroma hersiliata - Orange-barred Carpet 7189 - Dysstroma hersiliata

Dysstroma hersiliata (or formosa) - Orange-barred Carpet 7189 - Dysstroma hersiliata

Orange-barred Carpet Dysstroma hersiliata - Dysstroma hersiliata

Orange-barred Carpet - Dysstroma hersiliata

Orange-barred Carpet - Hodges#7189 - Dysstroma hersiliata

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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 hersiliata (Orange-barred Carpet - Hodges#7189)

Hodges Number

7189

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly Chloroclysta hersiliata

Size

wingspan 25-29 mm

Identification

Adult: typical form has basal and medial areas of forewing gray, with solid orange bar in AM area; upper portion of PM line with deep cleft (inward-pointing tooth), beyond which is an orange & cream patch in subterminal area

other forms may have an orangish medial area (with or without an orange AM bar), or a completely gray forewing

hindwing pale gray or whitish with small discal spot

Range

coast to coast in southern Canada and northern United States, south in the Appalachians to North Carolina

Season

adults fly from June to August

Food

larvae feed on leaves of currant (Ribes spp.)

Life Cycle

one generation per year

Larva; adult

See Also

in the west (Saskatchewan and Alberta), D. rutlandia is similar but lacks a deeply-cleft PM line

in the far west (British Columbia), D. sobria is similar but has a jagged or zigzag AM bar

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

iNaturalist

Moths of North Carolina

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 February, 2006 - 7:01am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 2 May, 2023 - 8:08am

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