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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 » Fortunate Idaea - Hodges#7102 (Idaea bonifata)

Species Idaea bonifata - Fortunate Idaea - Hodges#7102

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

No idea on this one, crambid moth? Possibly bold-feathered grass moth? - Idaea bonifata

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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 bonifata (Fortunate Idaea - Hodges#7102)

Hodges Number

7102

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Idaea bonifata (Hulst, 1887)

Eois bonifata

Carphoxera ptelearia Riley, 1891

Eois delicata Hulst, 1896

Phylogenetic Sequence # 910508

Size

Forewing length 6-7 mm.(1)

Identification

Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Larvae - see Riley's description of synonym Carphoxera ptelearia (108-113).

Range

Widespread in the US and some parts of Canada (2)(3)

Season

The flight period is March to November with the peak in June. (2)

Food

Larva feed on decaying leaves and stored grains. (1)

Remarks

One of the smallest geometrids found in North America. (1)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group (2)

Idaea minuta

Idaea nibseata

Print References

Hulst, G.D., 1887. New species of Geometridae, no. 3. Entomologica Amercana 2(10): 187

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 31, fig. 28; p. 222. (1)

Riley, C.V. 1891. A new herbarium pest. Insect Life 4(3-4): 108.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 September, 2006 - 6:55pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 15 June, 2021 - 10:21am

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