Species

Melanolophia imitata (Western carpet)

Melanolophia imitata. Photo: (c) Dick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

Melanolophia imitata, the western carpet or green-striped forest looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from southern California, north to Alaska and east to extreme south-western Alberta.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
        Superfamily: Geometroidea (Geometrid and swallowtail moths)
        Family: Geometridae (Geometer moths)
        Subfamily: Ennominae
        Tribe: Melanolophiini
        Genus: Melanolophia
        Species: Melanolophia imitata (Western carpet)

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