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Species Iridopsis fragilaria - Hodges#6585

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Geometrid Moth - Iridopsis fragilaria - male Moth on Screen - Iridopsis fragilaria Moth - Iridopsis fragilaria - male Which moth is this? - Iridopsis fragilaria - female Geometrid sp. - Iridopsis fragilaria 6590 - Iridopsis fragilaria - female Iridopsis? - Iridopsis fragilaria - male Boarmiini - Iridopsis fragilaria - female
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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 Ennominae
Tribe Boarmiini
Genus Iridopsis
Species fragilaria (Iridopsis fragilaria - Hodges#6585)
Hodges Number
6585
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Iridopsis fragilaria (Grossbeck, 1909)
Anacamptodes fragilaria (Grossbeck, 1909) (1)
Cleora fragilaria Grossbeck, 1909
Size
Forewing length 13-20 mm. (1)
Range
San Fransisco Bay to southern California and into Baja California; along the Colorada River in Yuma County, Arizona; introduced to Hawaii by 1944. (1)
Food
General feeder.
Print References
Grossbeck, J.A., 1909. Some new species of North American Geometridae. The Canadian Entomologist 41: 194.
Rindge F.H. 1966. Revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes. Bulletin of the America Museum of Natural History 132(3): 219. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) (1966)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1966. Bulletin of the America Museum of Natural History 132(3).
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 13 May, 2012 - 10:57am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 October, 2014 - 1:49pm

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