Venusia comptaria, the brown-shaded carpet moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in eastern North America,[2] from Florida to Newfoundland, west to Manitoba. The habitat consists of woodlands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Venusia |
| Species: | V. comptaria
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References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Venusia comptaria (Walker 1860)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.
- ^ "910272.00 – 7428 – Venusia comptaria – Brown-shaded Carpet Moth – (Walker, 1860)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ McLeod, Robin (April 19, 2016). "Species Venusia comptaria - Brown-shaded Carpet - Hodges#7428". BugGuide. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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