About Anticlea multiferata (Walker)
Anticlea multiferata, commonly called the many-lined carpet, is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. Francis Walker first described this species in 1863. It is distributed across all of North America, including Alaska and the Arctic regions of Canada. The wingspan of adult individuals ranges from 19 to 25 mm. Adults are active in flight from April to August overall, with regional variation: they fly only in April and May in the southern part of the range, and from May to July in the northern part. The larvae of this species feed on plants of the genus Epilobium and the species Polygonum aviculare.
