Olive-and-black Carpet Moth
Acasis viridata Packard, 1873
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Olive-and-black carpet
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Acasis
Species:
A. viridata
Binomial name
Acasis viridata
(Packard, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Lobophora viridata Packard, 1873
  • Acasis eborata (Hulst, 1896)

Acasis viridata, the olive-and-black carpet, is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1873.[1] It is found from Newfoundland to British Columbia and the adjacent northern part of the United States, south in the east to Florida, and south in the west to Colorado and Oregon.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July in North America. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the flower heads of Viburnum cassinoides.

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Acasis viridata (Packard, 1873)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
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