A White-striped Black Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/4/2018).

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A White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/20/2008).

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A White-striped Black Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/14/2011).

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White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/10/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 867464 - Psn: 45)

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White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (4/24/2019). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1078338 - Psn: 45)

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A White-striped Black Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/17/2014).

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White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1296644 - Psn: 55)

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A White-striped Black Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/29/2017).

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White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/28/2020). (c) Bill Blauvelt, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 191167 - Psn: 65)

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A White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/7/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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White-striped Black Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7//2002).

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A White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/22/2019).

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White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 895898 - Psn: 200)

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White-striped Black Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/9/2016). (c) thesoulflowers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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White-striped Black Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/24/2026). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>) (Photo ID: 1493859 - Psn: 200)

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White-striped Black Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/24/2026). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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A White-striped Black Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/4/2018). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

A White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/20/2008). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

A White-striped Black Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/14/2011). View Record Details Media by Anna Letaw.

White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/10/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A White-striped Black Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/17/2014). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A White-striped Black Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/29/2017). View Record Details Media by Kimberly Booth.

White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/28/2020). (c) Bill Blauvelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Bill Blauvelt via iNaturalist.

A White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/7/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Jim Wilkinson.

White-striped Black Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7//2002). View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

A White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/22/2019). View Record Details Media by Robert Ferraro.

White-striped Black Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

White-striped Black Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/9/2016). (c) thesoulflowers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by thesoulflowers via iNaturalist.

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White-striped black moth

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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. Adults are on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Impatiens species.

Subspecies

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Trichodezia albovittata albovittata
Trichodezia albovittata tenuifasciata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917

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Taxon identifiers
Trichodezia albovittata	Wikidata: Q7840759 BAMONA: Trichodezia-albovittata BOLD: 15739 BugGuide: 6821 CoL: 93RJQ EoL: 293394 GBIF: 1978493 iNaturalist: 52943 IRMNG: 10293058 ITIS: 189153 LepIndex: 227778 MONA: 7430 NatureServe: 2.111084 NCBI: 214377 Open Tree of Life: 916515

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White-striped Black Moth

Trichodezia albovittata (Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1858)

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