Trichodezia albovittata

White-striped black moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Trichodezia
Species:	T. albovittata
Binomial name
Trichodezia albovittata (Guenée, 1857)[1][2]
Synonyms
Odezia albovittata Guenée, 1857 Melanippe propriaria Walker, 1862 Trichodezia propriaria (Walker, 1862) Melanippe reciprocata Walker, 1862 Trichodezia reciprocata (Walker, 1862)

Trichodezia albovittata, the white-striped black moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador, south in the east to North Carolina and in the west to northern California.^[3]

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The wings are black with a white bar across forewing, narrowing and meeting the terminal white wedge near the inner margin. The hindwings have black fringes, although they are white towards the outer angle. Adults are on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Impatiens species.

Subspecies

• Trichodezia albovittata albovittata
• Trichodezia albovittata tenuifasciata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917

References

1. mothphotographersgroup
2. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. Bug Guide