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Geometridae 91a0144 – 7428   Venusia comptaria (Walker, 1860)              Brown-shaded Carpet

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Distribution: Throuought eastern US and Canada west to at least Alberta based on BOLD DNA barcode. Description/ Field Marks: Males have antennae filiform and strongly ciliate beneath. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: comptaria (Walker, 1860) (Tephrosia) - MONA 1983: 7428; TL: Nova Scotia. palumbes Franclemont, 1938 (Venusia); TL: Ithica, NY. perlineata (Packard, 1874) (Larentia); TL: Albany, NY. salienta (Pearsall, 1905) (Euchoeca); TL: not given, however Pearsall (1905) comments, "... ground colour of both wings above, pale ashen in Eastern nearly white in Western [California (Pearsall 1906)] specimens, sparingly mixed with dark brown or black scales.".

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ABX5421 Dyar, H.G., 1906. A note on the Euchoeca comptaria muddle. The Canadian Entomologist, 38: 110. Franclemont, J.G., 1938. Descriptions of new melanic forms (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Noctuidae and Arctiidae). Entomological News, 49: 108. Packard, A.S., 1874. Catalogue of the Phalaenidae of California. No. 2. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 16: 20. Packard, A.S., 1876. A monograph of the geometrid moths or Phalaenidae of the United States. Report (Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)), 10: 83; pl. 8, figs. 25, 68 (perlineata). Pearsall, R.F., 1905. The genus Venusia and its included species. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 126. Pearsall, R.F., 1905. Whom shall we follow?. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 332. Pearsall, R.F., 1906. What Euchoe comptaria, Walk., really is. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 33-38. Prout, L.B., 1909. On the genera Venusia, Euchceca and Hydrelia. The Canadian Entomologist, 41: 93-94. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Taylor, G.W., 1905. The genus Venusia and its included species. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 239-240. Taylor, G.W., 1906. A further note on Euchoeca Comptaria and the allied species. The Canadian Entomologist, 38: 203-204. Walker, F., 1860. Gemeotrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 21: 406.

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