Conservation Status
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No concerns
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Cyclicity
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Adults have been collected in Alberta from late April through early July.
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Distribution
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Labrador to BC; south to Wisconsin and Florida in the east and Colorado in the west. In Alberta it has been collected on the southern edge of the boreal forest in the Edmonton region.
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General Description
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A relatively small (1.8-2.0 cm wingspan) broad-winged dark grey and dark olive-green and black geometrid moth. The green color may fade to yellow in collections. The median and subterminal areas are somewhat darker, and the lower end of the postmedian line is doubled and has white scales. The hindwings are grey-brown with a faint median line and discal dot.
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Habitat
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Mature deciduous and mixedwood woodland.
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Life Cycle
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Poorly known. There appears to be a single brood. Adults come to light.
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Trophic Strategy
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Larvae feed on the flowering heads of Viburnum sp. (Handfield, 1999).
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Acasis viridata
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Acasis viridata, the olive-and-black carpet, is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by 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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Acasis viridata: Brief Summary
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Acasis viridata, the olive-and-black carpet, is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by Packard in 1873. 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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