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Species Iridopsis jacumbaria - Hodges#6572

6572  - Iridopsis jacumbaria - male Iridopsis jacumbaria Iridopsis jacumbaria? - Iridopsis jacumbaria - female
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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 Ennominae
Tribe Boarmiini
Genus Iridopsis
Species jacumbaria (Iridopsis jacumbaria - Hodges#6572)
Hodges Number
6572
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Iridopsis jacumbaria (Dyar, 1908)
Anacamptodes jacumbaria Dyar, 1908
Selidosema jacumbaria Dyar, 1908
Cleora jacumbaria Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1917
Anacamptodes jacumbaria McDunnough, 1920
Size
Rindge (1966) listed the forewing lengths. (2)
♂ 13-17 mm
♀ 12-17 mm.
Identification
Rindge (1966) described the adults including genitalia and stated "This small species can be recognized by the prominent and straight t. a. [antemedial] and t. p. [postmedial] lines, and by the reddish brown color of the basal and subterminal areas of the wings." (2)
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
Rindge (1966) reported the range to include southern California and Baja California. (2)
Season
Rindge (1966) reported the flight period as "from late February into September, with one specimen dated November 24." (2)
Food
Rindge (1966) listed the host as unknown. (2)
Print References
Rindge, F.H., 1966. A revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the America Museum of Natural History 132(3), p. 188; pl. 22, fig. 2; text figs. 1, 11, 34. (2)
Works Cited
1.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
2.A revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) (1966)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1966. Bulletin of the America Museum of Natural History 132(3).
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.North American Moth Photographers Group