Orange-barred carpet moth (Dysstroma hersiliata)

Dysstroma hersiliata Attracted to an incandescent porch light. Warm night, mid-70s F (cooled down later), and humid. MacLean (2006) describes this species as "uncommon" in Minnesota (MacLean, David B. (2006) "Preliminary Inventory of Lepidoptera From Cook County, Minnesota: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Bombycoidea, Sphingoidea and Noctuoidea," The Great Lakes Entomologist: Vol. 39: No. 2, Article 3.). Dysstroma hersiliata,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Summer,United States,insect,moth

Appearance

Adult: typical form has basal and medial areas of forewing gray, with a solid orange bar in AM area; upper portion of PM line with a deep cleft (inward-pointing tooth), beyond which is an orange and cream patch in the subterminal area. Other forms may have an orangish medial area (with or without an orange AM bar), or a completely gray forewing, hindwing pale gray or whitish with small discal spot.

Dysstroma hersiliata Dysstroma hersiliata,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Orange-barred carpet moth,Spring,United States,insect,moth

Naming

Chloroclysta hersiliata

These two subspecies belong to the species Dysstroma hersiliata:
Dysstroma hersiliata cervinifascia
Dysstroma hersiliata hersiliata

Distribution

Coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern United States, south in the Appalachians to North Carolina.

Food

Larvae feed on leaves of currant (Ribes spp.).

References:

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https://bugguide.net/node/view/41887
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=102306
http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Dysstroma%20hersiliata

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Geometridae
Genus	Dysstroma
Species	D. hersiliata

Photographed in
United States of America