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Species Iridopsis defectaria - Brown-shaded Gray Moth - Hodges#6586

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Food · See Also · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Boarmiini
Genus Iridopsis
Species defectaria (Brown-shaded Gray Moth - Hodges#6586)
Hodges Number
6586
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anacamptodes defectaria (Guenée, 1857)
Size
wingspan about 30 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Food
larval hosts listed as oaks, poplars, sweet cherry, and willows. (Covell, 1984)
See Also
Iridopsis dataria
and other Iridopsis species.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photographs pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 6 June, 2005 - 11:34am
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman
Last updated 28 July, 2010 - 2:41pm

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