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Species Disclisioprocta stellata - Somber Carpet - Hodges#7417

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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 Xanthorhoini

Genus Disclisioprocta

Species stellata (Somber Carpet - Hodges#7417)

Hodges Number

7417

Other Common Names

Larvae known as Bougainvillea Loopers in Hawaii.

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Disclisioprocta stellata (Guenée, 1858)

Scotosia stellata, Scotosia albosignata, Larentia balteolata, Camptogramma foedata, Gnophos fuscovariata, Scotosia impauperata

Numbers

The only species in the genus in North America (1)

Size

Wingspan 25-33 mm. 14 to 16 mm long.

Identification

Wings deep brown with black, wavy lines. Postmedian line heaviest. White filling in am. and pm. lines. White spotting in st. area. (2)

Range

A tropical species in Africa, and in the Americas it ranges from Bolivia and Brazil through Central America, Mexico, and the United States to eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick).

Introduced to Hawaii in 1993.

Season

All year in south, July-November in north; a fall immigrant in northern part of range (3).

Food

Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) and Amaranthus in the north. Devil’s Claw (Proboscidae) and Bougainvillea in the south.

Print References

Beadle and Leckie, pp. 190-191 (3)

Covell, p. 386, plate 47 #25, a very dark reproduction (2)

Histoire Naturelle des Insects Species General des Lepidopteres, Uranides et Phalenites, 1857 Tome 10, Vol. 9 by Guenee, pg. 443.

Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift, 1860, Vol. 4 by Wallengren, pg. 176.

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 1862, Pt. 25-26 by Walker, pg. 1363.

Neue Schmetterlinge aus Europa und den angrenzenden, 1864 by Herrich-Schaffer: Not Available.

Fifth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Sciences, 1873 by Packard, pg. 61.

Novitates Zoologicae, 1900, Vol. 7 by Warren, pg. 172.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

live adult image (Larry Line)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

pinned adult image (INRA, France)

Works Cited

1.	Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

3.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 17 January, 2005 - 1:00am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ken Childs, lee_penner, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 8:46am

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