Euphyia intermediata

Sharp-angled carpet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Euphyiini
Genus: Euphyia
Species: E. intermediata
Binomial name
Euphyia intermediata
(Guenée, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Euphyia unangulata intermediata

Euphyia intermediata, the sharp-angled carpet, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from coast-to-coast in southern Canada and the northern United States, south in the east to North Carolina, south in the west to California, Utah, and possibly Arizona. It is also found north to the Northwest Territories and Alaska.[1]

The European species Euphyia unangulata was previously thought to be Holarctic. The name was therefore also applied to the North American populations. Scoble et al. in Geometrid Moths of the World (1999) split them into distinct species.

The wingspan is 21–27 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various plants, including bedstraw, carnation, chickweed, elm, and mustard.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Sharp-angled Carpet Euphyia intermediata (Guenée, 1857) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  2. ↑ Euphyia intermediata, BugGuide

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Euphyia-intermediata, Butterflies and Moths of North America


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