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Species Dichorda iridaria - Showy Emerald - Hodges#7053

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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 Geometrinae (Emeralds)
Tribe Nemoriini
Genus Dichorda
Species iridaria (Showy Emerald - Hodges#7053)
Hodges Number
7053
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichorda iridaria (Guenée, [1857])
Geometra iridaria Guenee, 1857
Geometra remotaria Walker, 1861
Slossonia latipennis Hulst, 1898
Phalaena albolineata Martyn, 1797
Phylogenetic Sequence # 207275
Numbers
Subspecies:
Dichorda iridaria iridaria (from Texas to Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Missouri, Kansas)
Dichorda iridaria remotaria (Walker, 1861) (from Florida to South Carolina)
Size
Wingspan about 25-28 mm (1)
Range
eastern half of North America (1)(2)(3)
Food
larval foodplants:
Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac)
Rhus copallina (Shining Sumac or Winged Sumac)
Poison Ivy - Karl Hillig (Illinois Wildflowers)
Life Cycle
larva on poison ivy, older larva, adult
See Also
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Print References
Ferguson, D.C. 1969. A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Geometrinae of America North of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera). (4)
Ferguson, D.C. 1985. The Moths of North America. Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae. (5)
Internet References
Wikipedia
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera)
Douglas C. Ferguson. 1969. Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University Bulletin 29.
5.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 18.1. Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Geometrinae
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1985. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 25 July, 2021 - 7:36pm

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