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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 » Idaea gemmata - Hodges#7116 (Idaea gemmata)

Species Idaea gemmata - Hodges#7116

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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 gemmata (Idaea gemmata - Hodges#7116)
Hodges Number
7116
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Idaea gemmata (Packard, 1876)
Eois gemmata Packard, 1876
Size
Wingspan about 12-15 mm.
Identification
Forewing off-white to cream-colored except for brownish to dark gray median area; discal spot dull orangish; PM line wavy; diffuse dark smudges in subterminal area; terminal line composed of dark dots at ends of veins; fringe pale; hindwing color and pattern similar to forewing.
Range
California to Colorado and western Texas. (1)
Season
The main flight period is April to September. (2)
See Also
Idaea occidentaria
Leptostales rubromarginaria - wings are more yellowish and have a distinct irregular subterminal line.
Print References
Packard Jr., A. S. 1876. Monograph of the geometrid or Phalaenidae of the U.S. United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 10: 320; pl. 10, f. 37. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
California Moth Specimens Database
Works Cited
1.Survey of Utah Moth Species
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.A Monograph of the Geometrid or Phalaenidae of the United States.
A. S. Packard. 1876. United States Geological Survey of the Territories 10: 1-599.
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 5 September, 2009 - 11:23am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Nick Block, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 April, 2020 - 4:10pm

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