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Iridopsis - female

Iridopsis - Female
29.797499, -100.998049, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
March 13, 2021
This moth is not worn. Every scale is in place. But I think it is remarkably patternless compared to any moth appearance I have previously encountered. I think it might be Iridopsis, but as to which one, I don't have a clue. It might be an Anavitrinella, or maybe something else. I'm welcoming all opinions as to what this might be.

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Female
I think that they are both Iridopsis, with the oval, hollow discal spots, but I'm not sure of the species. I can't tell you the gender of the other one. (antennae)

 
Thanks, Bob...
Might this be I. gemella? The pics on MPG are similar, and none of the other Iridopsis are even close.

 
Maybe
Maybe not
That is one of the lighter species, but this could be just a light-melanic version of another species. I don't know them well enough to say.
You would probably have to dissect it or test the DNA, to find out. (...unless an expert knows something consistent about them that we don't)
For instance, check out the Half-wing or the Small Engrailed. Both of them have melanic forms. One genus has only 1 species, (easy) but the other one has 4.
I think that you are lucky to get a genus & gender ID, this time.

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