Anticlea multiferata (Walker) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Anticlea multiferata (Walker)

Anticlea multiferata (Walker)

Anticlea multiferata, the many-lined carpet, is a North American geometrid moth whose larvae feed on Epilobium and Polygonum aviculare.

Family
Genus
Anticlea
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Anticlea multiferata (Walker)

Anticlea multiferata, commonly called the many-lined carpet, is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. Francis Walker first described this species in 1863. It is distributed across all of North America, including Alaska and the Arctic regions of Canada. The wingspan of adult individuals ranges from 19 to 25 mm. Adults are active in flight from April to August overall, with regional variation: they fly only in April and May in the southern part of the range, and from May to July in the northern part. The larvae of this species feed on plants of the genus Epilobium and the species Polygonum aviculare.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Anticlea

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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