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Brown Bark Carpet Moth
Horisme intestinata (Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1858)
Brown Bark Carpet Moth: https://www.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/7215
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Horisme intestinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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][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

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  1. ^ Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details: Horisme intestinata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Image of larva