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