Double-banded Carpet

Spargania magnoliata

''Spargania magnoliata'', the double-banded carpet moth, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for ''Spargania magnoliata'' is 7312.
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Appearance

Forewing gray with white AM and PM bands, and up to 10 scalloped dark gray lines variably shaded with black; discal spot large, black.
Hindwing dirty white shaded with gray, usually with slight pink tint; terminal line black; fringe white.

Distribution

Wherever Fireweed grows: mostly northern United States (south in the Appalachians to the northern tip of Georgia, and south in the Rockies to California) plus Alaska and every province and territory of Canada except Prince Edward Island.

Habitat

Forest clearings, recently burned-over sites undergoing succession, meadows, roadsides.

Reproduction

Two generations per year

Food

Larvae feed on Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium), other willow-herbs (Epilobium spp.) and evening-primrose (Oenothera spp.)

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGeometridae
GenusSpargania
SpeciesS. magnoliata
Photographed in
United States of America