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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 » Bent-line Gray - Hodges#6588 (Iridopsis larvaria)
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geometrid - Iridopsis larvaria
Copyright © 2018 John L. Richards

geometrid - Iridopsis larvaria
Willard Peak Road, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
July 10, 2018
I looked for a match in the geometrid section of Moth Photographers group and could not find a match. Anyone know what moth this is?
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Contributed by John L. Richards on 25 November, 2018 - 2:15pm
Last updated 26 November, 2018 - 10:10am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 26 November, 2018 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

Male
It looks like the antennae are pectinate. = ♂
This is the first image from Utah in this genus!
The highly curved PM line on the hind-wings is diagnostic for the Bent-line Gray, Iridopsis larvaria. (widespread)
… Bob Biagi, 26 November, 2018 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Surely Iridopsis; beyond that
Surely Iridopsis; beyond that, don't know.
… jim sogaard, 25 November, 2018 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
I would totally agree. I checked that genus out and the two species that look closest to my specimen are defactaria and larvaria. In checking the distribution, all specimen records for defactaria are in the SE. No records are noted for larvaria in Utah but it could be when you look at the distribution map. I think it is I. larvaria.
Thanks for directing me the right direction. Will see what others think.
… John L. Richards, 25 November, 2018 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Now that you mention larvaria
Now that you mention larvaria, and I pay more attention, I think you're probably right.
… jim sogaard, 26 November, 2018 - 6:27am login or register to post comments

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