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Species Idaea bonifata - Fortunate Idaea - Hodges#7102

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Sterrhinae
Tribe Sterrhini
Genus Idaea
Species bonifata (Fortunate Idaea - Hodges#7102)
Hodges Number
7102
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Idaea bonifata (Hulst, 1887)
Eois bonifata
Carphoxera ptelearia Riley, 1891
Eois delicata Hulst, 1896
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910508
Size
Forewing length 6-7 mm.(1)
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:


Larvae - see Riley's description of synonym Carphoxera ptelearia (108-113).
Range
Widespread in the US and some parts of Canada (2)(3)
Season
The flight period is March to November with the peak in June. (2)
Food
Larva feed on decaying leaves and stored grains. (1)
Remarks
One of the smallest geometrids found in North America. (1)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group (2)
Idaea minuta
Idaea nibseata
Print References
Hulst, G.D., 1887. New species of Geometridae, no. 3. Entomologica Amercana 2(10): 187
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 31, fig. 28; p. 222. (1)
Riley, C.V. 1891. A new herbarium pest. Insect Life 4(3-4): 108.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 September, 2006 - 6:55pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 15 June, 2021 - 10:21am

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