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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Sterrhini » Idaea » Red-and-white Wave - Hodges#7110 (Idaea basinta)

Species Idaea basinta - Red-and-white Wave - Hodges#7110

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 basinta (Red-and-white Wave - Hodges#7110)
Hodges Number
7110
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Idaea basinta (Schaus, 1901)
Eois basinta Schaus, 1901
syn. Euphenolia pallimedia Grossbeck, 1908
Phylogenetic sequence # 208725
Numbers
There are more than 27 Idaea species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan 10-15 mm.
Identification
Adult: forewing white with broad reddish bands in basal and terminal areas; fringe yellowish; hindwing white with broad reddish terminal band.
Range
Arizona to Texas. (1)
Season
Adults are most common from July to September. (1)
Print References
Schaus, W. 1901. New species of Geometridae from tropical America, Part 2. Trans. American Ent. Soc. 27: 258
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 July, 2007 - 10:05pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 November, 2015 - 8:29am

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