Species Acasis viridata - Olive-and-black Carpet - Hodges#7635

7635

described in 1873 by Packard, who originally placed it in genus Lobophora

Acasis viridata (Packard, 1873)

Acasis eborata (Hulst, 1896)

Lobophora viridata Packard, 1873

Phylogenetic Sequence # 910476

At Words by William Whitaker, "viridata" translates to "become green". This is most certainly referring to the wing coloration.

wingspan 18-20 mm (1)

Adult: forewing a mix of brownish-gray and yellowish-green shading with broken transverse lines and many black longitudinal dashes along veins; hindwing light brownish-gray with faint median line and discal dot but appearing virtually unmarked from a distance; abdomen lacks blackish band near base

Newfoundland to British Columbia and adjacent northern states, south in the east to Florida, and south in the west to Colorado and Oregon

mature deciduous and mixed woodland; adults are nocturnal and come to light

adults fly from April to July

larvae feed on flowerheads of Possumhaw (Viburnum nudum [=cassinoides]) [Handfield, p. 256]

one generation per year

Larva, Adult:

Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) forewing has several dark wiggly continuous (not broken) lines crossing it; the hindwing has the same color and pattern as the forewing, and the abdomen has a broad blackish band near the base (lacking in Acasis viridata); compare images of both species at CBIF and at MPG

Handfield, Louis. 1999. Les Guide Des Papillons Du Quebec. 662 pp. Broquet.

Covell, Charles. 2005. (1), p. 388

pinned adult image by G.G. Anweiler, plus common name reference, habitat, description, larval foodplant, distribution (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthopods)

presence in Colorado; list (Paul Opler, Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado; USGS)

presence in Oregon; list citing 23 specimens in collection (Oregon State U.)

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