Angle-lined Carpet - Hodges#7638
Cladara anguilineata
This record describes Cladara anguilineata (species). Recorded family: Geometridae. Recorded order: Lepidoptera.
Identification and Appearance
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
- Superfamily
- Geometroidea
- Family
- Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
- Subfamily
- Larentiinae
- Tribe
- Lobophorini
- Genus
- Cladara
Imported taxonomy record. Source availability varies; see the source references and editorial policy below.
Habitat and Range
Geographic Range
"Labrador to North Carolina, west across Canada, south to Missouri. Typically more common southward." (from BAMONA)
Additional species information
Species notes from the sources
Etymology: DO NOT ADD IMAGES - Cladara anguilineata (Grote & Robinson, 1867) with its former synonyms eastmani (Reiff, 19130 and vernata (Packard, 1873) (in part) are now synonyms of Cladara limitaria (Walker, 1860); vernata (in part) is also treated as a synonym of C. atroliturata (Walker, [1863]) pending designation of a neotype. (Schmidt & McGuinness in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023)
About Butterflies and Moths: the wider group
Order-level background for Lepidoptera, the group containing Cladara anguilineata. Species-specific details appear above.
Group overview
Lepidoptera includes approximately 180,000 described species of butterflies and moths. Moths outnumber butterflies roughly 10:1. The monarch butterfly's eastern population has declined by more than 80% since the mid-1990s, and the western population by over 95% since the 1980s. The IUCN lists the migratory monarch as Vulnerable.
Ecological role of the group
Butterflies and moths are essential indicators of ecosystem health. As caterpillars, they are a primary food source for birds - a single nest of blue tit chicks requires ~10,000 caterpillars. Adult moths pollinate many night-blooming plants.
Economic and practical significance of the group
Lepidoptera are critical pollinators. In Europe, grassland butterfly species have declined by almost 50% since the early 1990s. In the UK, three-quarters of butterflies are in decline. In the U.S., five butterfly species have gone extinct since 1950, with 29 listed as endangered.
Recorded sources for this group: IUCN Red List, Xerces Society, USFWS, PNAS, WWF. Imported estimates may describe particular regions or reporting periods.