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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 » Iridopsis perfectaria - Hodges#6581 (Iridopsis perfectaria)

Species Iridopsis perfectaria - Hodges#6581

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Geometrid - Iridopsis perfectaria - male

Hodges#6581 - Iridopsis perfectaria - male

Iridopsis perfectaria - Hodges#6581 - Iridopsis perfectaria

3039286 moth - Iridopsis perfectaria - male

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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 perfectaria (Iridopsis perfectaria - Hodges#6581)

Hodges Number

6581

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Iridopsis perfectaria (McDunnough, 1940)

Anacamptodes defectaria McDunnough (nec. Guenée), 1920 (1)

Size

Forewing length: (1)

♂ 12-17 mm.

♀ 15-20 mm.

Identification

The revised description by Rindge (1966) as Anacamptodes defectaria McDunnough, is available online and in PDF. (1)

Range

Central Texas to Mexico. (2), (3), (1)

Oklahoma(?) (4)

BOLD(3) has additional records from southern California to Central America.

Season

Adults have been recorded during every month. (1)

Food

Rindge (1966), listed the larval host as unknown. (1)

Larvae have been collected on Baccharis neglecta. (5)

Life Cycle

The larvae feed on the leaves. (5)

See Also

Iridopsis defectaria

Print References

Palmer, W.A. 1987. The phytophagous insect fauna associated with Baccharis halimifolia L. and B. neglecta Britton in Texas, Louisiana, and Northern Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 89: 190, table 1. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

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

4.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

5.	The phytophagous insect fauna associated with Baccharis halimifolia L. and B. neglecta Britton in Texas, Louisiana, and ... W. A. Palmer. 1987. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 185--199.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 April, 2013 - 2:04pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 6:29pm

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