Horisme intestinata

Horisme intestinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Horisme
Species: H. intestinata
Binomial name
Horisme intestinata
(Guenee, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Phibalapteryx intestinata Guenee, 1857
  • Phibalapteryx impleta Walker, 1866
  • Phibalapteryx indoctrinata Walker, 1863

Horisme intestinata, the brown bark carpet moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is widespread throughout most of temperate North America. The habitat consists of wooded areas.[1]

The wingspan is 21–32 mm.[2] The pale tan forewings are marked with fine parallel lines. The PM and ST lines are deeply scalloped. The wide costal streak is almost unmarked.[3] Adults are on wing from late May to late July and again from early September to early October.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on garden Clematis.[4]

References

  1. ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
  2. ↑ Bug Guide
  3. ↑ Beadle, Leckie, David, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. p. 611. ISBN 978-0-547-23848-7.
  4. ↑ Image of larva


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