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Species Ilexia intractata - Black-dotted Ruddy Moth - Hodges#6711

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Black-dotted Ruddy Moth - Ilexia intractata - male Black-dotted Ruddy Moth - Hodges #6711 - Ilexia intractata - female Black-dotted Ruddy Moth - Ilexia intractata - female ? - Ilexia intractata - male Ilexia intractata - Black-dotted Ruddy Moth - Hodges#6711 - Female? - Ilexia intractata - female Brown Moth - Ilexia intractata - female Moth - Ilexia intractata - female Black-dotted Ruddy Moth - Ilexia intractata - 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 Caberini
Genus Ilexia
Species intractata (Black-dotted Ruddy Moth - Hodges#6711)
Hodges Number
6711
Other Common Names
Holly Looper (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ilexia intractata (Walker, [1863])
Thysanopyga intractata
Ilecta intractata
Anisodes intractata Walker, F. W., “1862” [1863]
Numbers
The only species in the genus found in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 21-31 mm.
Identification
Adult: Reddish with dark, indistinct traverse lines. PM accented with a series of small black darts and white dots. Strong, sharply-defined black discal spots on ML, both wings.

Specimen identified by DNA analysis:
Range
Eastern United States, common only in south.
Bug Guide - range map with monthly record of photos submitted to the guide.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Records from all year in the southern states.
Bug Guide
Food
Larval foodplants:
American Holly, Ilex opaca * USDA plant profile
Larvae also seen feeding on other Ilex, such as decidua (MPG).
Print References
Covell, C. 1984. Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths. p. 361, plate 54 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4) *listed as Thysanopyga intractata
Maryland Moths
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History (Princeton Field Guides)
David L. Wagner. 2010. Princeton University Press, 1-496.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 October, 2004 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 25 November, 2020 - 9:48am

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