Venusia pearsalli

Venusia pearsalli, or Pearsall's carpet moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1906. It is found in western North America, from Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia, through Washington and Oregon to California.[2]

Venusia pearsalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Venusia
Species:	V. pearsalli
Binomial name
Venusia pearsalli (Dyar, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
Euchoeca pearsalli Dyar, 1906

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are pale grey with rows of narrow black lines. Adults are on wing in spring.[3]

The larvae feed on Acer circinatum, Alnus incana tenuifolia, Alnus rubra, Alnus viridis sinuata, Betula, Cornus nuttalli, Quercus garryana, Crataegus, Malus, Populus tremuloides, Populus trichocarpa and Salix.[4]

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Venusia pearsalli (Dyar 1906)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
2. "910273.00 – 7429 – Venusia pearsalli – Pearsall's Carpet Moth – (Dyar, 1906)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
3. Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands Archived June 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
4. Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.