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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)
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Small moth - Idaea basinta
Copyright © 2017 Salvador Vitanza

Small moth - Idaea basinta
Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 4, 2017
Attracted to mercury vapor light
Whitehouse Picnic Area
Coordinates: 31.733566, -110.882220
Elevation: 4,665 ft
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 7 September, 2017 - 8:31am
Last updated 8 September, 2017 - 6:26am

Moved, Idaea basinta
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. Nice one! Recognizable to me as an Idaea, and looks to be an excellent match for this species. The other examples in the guide lack the small spot in the middle of the HW seen in your example, but one of the spread specimens on MPG has it.
… Aaron Hunt, 8 September, 2017 - 2:52am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Aaron!
I was struggling to place it in Crambidae or Geometridae.
… Salvador Vitanza, 8 September, 2017 - 6:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.
… Salvador Vitanza, 7 September, 2017 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

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