Geometridae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Family: Geometridae
Group: Terrestrial Invertebrate, Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Antepirrhoe atrifasciata | Haines | |
Antepirrhoe fasciata | Ketchikan | |
Antepirrhoe semiatrata | Haines; Ketchikan | |
Anticlea vasiliata | Variable Carpet | A highly variable moth that seems to be quite common in Sitka. Presumed to be common elsewhere in the region. |
Cabera erythemaria | Haines | |
Cabera exanthemata | Haines | |
Campaea perlata | Pale Beauty | |
Caripeta divisata | Gray Spruce Looper | |
Ceratodalia gueneata | Haines; Ketchikan | |
Cladara limitaria | Mottled Gray Carpet | An early moth, flying in April and May. Seems to be associated with forests and attracted to light. |
Cyclophora pendulinaria | Haines | |
Dysstroma brunneata | Haines | |
Dysstroma citrata | Dark Marbled Carpet | |
Dysstroma colvillei | Ketchikan | |
Dysstroma hersiliata | Haines | |
Dysstroma pseudimmanata | Haines | |
Dysstroma sobria | Ketchikan | |
Ecliptopera silaceata | Small Phoenix | |
Ectropis crepuscularia | Small Engrailed | |
Entephria takuata | Haines | |
Enypia packardata | Haines | |
Enypia venata | Variable Girdle | |
Epirrhoe alternata | Sitka; Yakutat | |
Epirrhoe sperryi | Ketchikan | |
Epirrita pulchraria | Whitelined Looper | |
Epirrita undulata | Including E. autumnata | |
Eulithis destinata | Ketchikan; Sitka | |
Eulithis propulsata | Haines; Ketchikan | |
Eupithecia absinthiata | Haines | |
Eupithecia assimilata | Ketchikan | |
Eupithecia bryanti | Haines; Juneau | |
Eupithecia cretaceata | Haines;Ketchikan | |
Eupithecia graefii | Skagway;Sitka | |
Eupithecia harrisonata | Skagway | |
Eupithecia interruptofasciata | Haines | |
Eupithecia niphadophilata | Haines | |
Eupithecia tripunctaria | Haines | |
Gabriola dyari | ||
Hydriomena exculpata | Ketchikan | |
Hydriomena furcata | Haines;Juneau | |
Hydriomena irata | ||
Hydriomena renunciata | ||
Hydriomena speciosata | First state record found at Sitka on Galankin Island, 19 August 2012. | |
Lambdina fiscellaria | Bradfield Canal | |
Lobophora nivigerata | Ketchikan | |
Macaria signaria | Pale-marked Angle Moth | |
Melanolophia imitata | ||
Mesoleuca gratulata | Ketchikan;Skagway | |
Operophtera bruceata | Winter Moth | Presumably occurs through much of Southeast Alaska. Males fly in late fall and early winter to find flightless females. Larvae favor deciduous trees, which they eat in the spring and early summer. |
Perizoma grandis | Haines;Juneau;Ketchikan | |
Plemyria georgii | George's Carpet Moth | |
Rheumaptera hastata | Spear-Marked Black Moth | Haines |
Rheumaptera hastata or subhastata | White-banded Black Moth (Rheumaptera subhastata) and Spear-Marked Black Moth (Rheumaptera hastata) are not possible to distinguish without examination of genitalia, though both are expected to occur in the region. This page will serve to represent field observations of this pair where identification to species was not possible. | |
Rheumaptera subhastata | White-banded Black Moth | Haines; Wrangell |
Rheumaptera undulata | Haines;Ketchikan | |
Scopula inductata | Skagway | |
Sicya macularia | Haines | |
Spargania luctuata | ||
Spargania magnoliata | ||
Speranza occiduaria | Haines | |
Spodolepis danbyi | ||
Stenoporpia pulmonaria | Over all distribution suggests this species occurs in the region, though as yet that has not been confirmed. | |
Thallophaga hyperborea | Northern Thallophaga | |
Thera otisi | Haines | |
Trichodezia albovittata | White-striped Black Moth | Ketchikan;Sitka;Skagway |
Venusia cambrica | Welsh Wave | |
Venusia pearsalli | Pearsall's Carpet Moth | It may be that Venusia obsoleta also occurs in Southeast Alaska - they appear to be very similar in appearance, however on the moth checklist, of the two, only V. pearsalli is included, so until collections are made to show otherwise, it seems this is the presumed species. |
Xanthorhoe borealis | Ketchikan | |
Xanthorhoe defensaria | Western Red Twin-spot | |
Xanthorhoe ferrugata | ||
Xanthorhoe fossaria | Ketchikan | |
Xanthorhoe labradorensis | ||
Xanthorhoe pontiaria | Ketchikan |