Melanolophia imitata

Last updated

Melanolophia imitata
Melanolophia imitata 5480.5.10.07w.wiki.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Melanolophia
Species:
M. imitata
Binomial name
Melanolophia imitata
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Melanolophia subgenericataDyar, 1904
  • Melanolophia subimitataForbes, 1948 (nom. nud.)
  • Melanolophia imitata barbara
  • Melanolophia imitata cana

Melanolophia imitata, the western carpet or green-striped forest looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in western North America from southern California, north to Alaska and east to extreme south-western Alberta.

The wingspan is 34–40 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the foliage of various conifer trees, but preferring Douglas fir, Tsuga and Abies species.

Related Research Articles

<i>Schinia</i> Genus of moths

Schinia, commonly called flower moths, is a large genus of moths belonging to the family Noctuidae. The genus has a Holarctic distribution with the vast majority of species being found in North America, many with a very restricted range and larval food plant.

<i>Melanolophia</i> Genus of moths

Melanolophia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896.

<i>Acronicta impressa</i> Species of moth

Acronicta impressa, the impressive dagger moth or willow dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from western Canada to north-western Mexico.

<i>Anicla exuberans</i> Species of moth

Anicla exuberans is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by John Bernhardt Smith in 1898. It is found in North America from central Mexico north to the dry interior of southern British Columbia, southern Alberta and south-western Saskatchewan.

<i>Apamea commoda</i> Species of moth

Apamea commoda, the southern Quaker, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is native to North America, where it is distributed from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to southern British Columbia, north to Alaska and Yukon Territory, and south at least into Manitoba.

<i>Autographa ampla</i> Species of moth

Autographa ampla, the large looper moth, raspberry looper, brown-patched looper or broken-banded Y, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in North America from Newfoundland west to the Alaska panhandle, south to central California, Arizona and New Mexico in the west and North Carolina in the east.

<i>Hypena bijugalis</i> Species of moth

Hypena bijugalis, the dimorphic bomolocha, dimorphic hypena or toothed snout-moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia across southern Canada to Vancouver Island, south over the whole United States to Florida.

<i>Hypena edictalis</i> Species of moth

Hypena edictalis, the large bomolocha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Quebec and Maine south to Virginia and Kentucky, west to the foothills of Alberta and the Peace River area of British Columbia.

<i>Hypena palparia</i> Species of moth

Hypena palparia, the variegated snout-moth or mottled bomolocha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to British Columbia, and south to Alabama and Texas.

<i>Copablepharon grandis</i> Species of moth

Copablepharon grandis, the pale yellow dune moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Strecker in 1878. It is found in North America from southern Alberta east to south-western Manitoba, the eastern parts of South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa, west to California and south to southern Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas.

<i>Phalaenophana pyramusalis</i> Species of moth

Phalaenophana pyramusalis, the dark-banded owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia, south to North Carolina and Texas.

<i>Phalaenostola metonalis</i> Species of moth

Phalaenostola metonalis, the pale phalaenostola, tufted snout or pale epidelta, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina, west to Missouri.

<i>Hypena deceptalis</i> Species of moth

Hypena deceptalis, the deceptive hypena or deceptive bomolocha moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Manitoba to Quebec, south to Florida and Texas. It is absent from much of Gulf Coastal Plain though.

<i>Oligocentria semirufescens</i> Species of moth

Oligocentria semirufescens, the red-washed prominent moth or rusty prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west to Vancouver Island, south to Florida, Colorado and central California.

<i>Fishia illocata</i> Species of moth

Fishia illocata, the wandering brocade, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found from coast to coast in North America. It is abundant in the wet coastal forests and in wet conifer forests of the northern Rocky Mountains.

<i>Leucobrephos brephoides</i> Species of moth

Leucobrephos brephoides, the scarce infant moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in North America from Yukon to Labrador and south to New York and southern Alberta and British Columbia. The habitat consists of open mixed wood forests of the boreal and mountain region.

<i>Macaria aemulataria</i> Species of moth

Macaria aemulataria, the common angle moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Oregon and Alberta.

<i>Furcula cinerea</i> Species of moth

Furcula cinerea, the gray furcula moth, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in the United States, southern Canada and the Northwest Territories.

<i>Lycia ursaria</i> Species of moth

Lycia ursaria, the stout spanworm moth or bear, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in southern Canada and the northern United States, south to New Jersey and Iowa.

<i>Hydrelia albifera</i> Species of moth

Hydrelia albifera, the fragile white carpet moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found from Newfoundland to British Columbia, south in the east to the Gulf states. The habitat consists of deciduous and mixed-wood forests.

References