Bug FAQBrown Bark Carpet Moth
Horisme intestinata · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae
Also called: Brown Bark Carpet
Source: Wikipedia
The brown bark carpet moth has a wingspan of about 21 to 32 mm. It lives in wooded areas across most of temperate North America. Its caterpillars feed on garden Clematis, which can harm those plants.
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How to recognize it
Horisme intestinata, known as the brown bark carpet moth, belongs to the Geometridae family.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults have a wingspan ranging from 21 to 32 mm.
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Where it lives
It is found in wooded habitats.
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When you see it
The moth flies in two periods: late May-late July and early September-early October.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 47 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Vermont, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Ohio, Michigan.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horisme_intestinata
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