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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Boarmiini » Iridopsis
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#6587 - Iridopsis gemella? - Iridopsis - female
Copyright © 2017 Hal Livings

#6587 - Iridopsis gemella? - Iridopsis - Female
20 miles southwest of Llano, Llano County, Texas, USA
March 28, 2017
Size: FW~16mm
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Contributed by Hal Livings on 28 November, 2017 - 5:25pm
Last updated 17 March, 2018 - 10:38am

Moved
Moved from Iridopsis gemella.
… Bob Biagi, 17 March, 2018 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

Probably not I. gemella
I don't know how this ID was made. Llano County is well outside of the expected range of gemella (primarily in the Lower Rio Grande Valley) and Rindge's original description(1) of gemella indicates that the "upper surface of the wings is sllightly darker [than defectaria] and [has] more prominent darker brown shade lines" adjacent to the AM and PM lines. That certainly isn't the case here. I rather suspect that this is yet one of the several *other* species of Iridopsis known to occur in Texas.
… Chuck Sexton, 16 March, 2018 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Chuck. This is the on
Thanks Chuck. This is the only one of these I ever seen. I'll watch for another to capture for submission to BOLD.
… Hal Livings, 17 March, 2018 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… Bob Biagi, 12 February, 2018 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Bob
Thanks Bob
… Hal Livings, 12 February, 2018 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

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