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

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Bug Guide
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.
Image of larva

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[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