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Black-banded Carpet

Antepirrhoe semiatrata

718 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ppickering, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 9, February 9, March 14, April 16, May 24, June 21, July 17, August 15, September 13, October 11, November 8, December 9.
United States503
Canada298
British Columbia166
California134
Alberta85
Idaho62
Washington48
Colorado42
Nunavut33
Oregon30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusAntepirrhoe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Black-banded Carpet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.