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Geometridae
91a0125 – 7637   Cladara limitaria (Walker, 1860)
             Mottled Gray Carpet

© Jerry Armstrong
Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Cleora limitaria Walker, 1860
Lobophora fusifasciata Walker, 1862
Scotosia lobophorata Walker, 1862
Larentia longipennis Walker, 1866
Nyctobia reiffi Swett, 1910
Lobophora anguilineata Grote & Robinson, 1867
Nyctobia eastmani Reiff, 1913
Eupithecia vernata Packard, 1873 (in part)
Lobophora nigroangulata Strecker, 1899
Taxonomic Notes: Cladara limitaria (Walker, 1860) includes as a synonyms anguilineata (Grote & Robinson, 1867), eastmani (Reiff, 19130, and vernata (Packard, 1873) (in part); vernata (in part) is also treated as a synonym of C. atroliturata (Walker, [1863]) pending designation of a neotype. (Schmidt & McGuinness in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023)
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
  • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 33.37f; p. 231. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
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