Carsia sororiata

Carsia sororiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Carsia
Species: C. sororiata
Binomial name
Carsia sororiata
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Geometra sororiata Hubner, 1813
  • Phalaena paludata Thunberg, 1788 (preocc. Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Geometra imbutata Hubner, 1813
  • Larissa imbutata (Hübner, 1809-13)
  • Carsia boreata Packard, 1873
  • Carsia anglica Prout, 1937

The Manchester Treble-Bar (Carsia sororiata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in northern and central Europe, the Urals, Siberia, the Far East, northern Mongolia and in North America from Alaska to Newfoundland and to New Hampshire.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on various Vaccinium species (including Vaccinium uliginosum, Vaccinium oxycoccos and Vaccinium myrtillus) as well as Rubus arcticus.

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