Moth Photographers Group – Dysstroma hersiliata

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Geometridae

91a0363 – 7189 Dysstroma hersiliata (Guenée, [1858])

Orange-barred Carpet

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Synonymy:

hersiliata (Guenée, [1858]) (Cidaria) - MONA 1983: 7189

ssp. a. hersiliata (Guenée, [1858]) (Cidaria) - MONA 1983: 7189
Type locality: Canada.

flammifera (Walker, 1862) (Larentia) (synonym of ssp. hersiliata)
Type locality: Trenton Falls, NY; Orilla, ON.

mirandata (Taylor, 1910) (Cidaria) (synonym of ssp. hersiliata)
Type locality: Meech's Lake, near Ottowa, ON.

ssp. b. cervinifascia (Walker, 1862) (Larentia)
Type locality: Orilla, ON.

ssp. c. manitoba McDunnough, 1939 (Dysstroma)
Type locality: Aweme, MB.

infumata McDunnough, 1939 (Dysstroma) (synonym of ssp. manitoba)
Type locality: Aweme, MB.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Guenée, M.A., 1857. Uranides et Phalenites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 10: 464; pl. 20, fig. 8.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
McDunnough, J.H., 1939. New North American Geometridae with notes, I (Lepid.). The Canadian Entomologist, 71(9): 187-192 (manitoba, infumata).
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Mass Moths
Taylor, G.W., 1910. The Canadian Entomologist, 42(3): 85.
Walker, F., 1862. Part XXIV. - Gemeotrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 24: 1184 (flammifera, cervinifascia).