Labrador Carpet - Xanthorhoe labradorensis

WD: ~20 mm. Pale gray FW with broad pinkish orange median band. AM line is straight and boldly marked in black.

Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light in a semi-rural area

2020(119)

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Flown Kimmerling

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Oh my gosh. This made me think of the fashions of the early 80s! Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Lol, yes! I'm pretty sure I must have had a velour sweater with this pattern, likely with matching rust-colored, velour pants. Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    I think I had that sweater! :o Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Twinsies :) Posted 5 years ago

The Labrador carpet moth

''Xanthorhoe labradorensis'', the Labrador carpet moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found across Canada from Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia and Alaska, north to Yukon and the Northwest Territories, south in the east to Louisiana and Mississippi. The habitat consists of open wooded areas and edges.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young