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Species Iridopsis jacumbaria - Hodges#6572

Iridopsis jacumbaria? - Iridopsis jacumbaria - 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 jacumbaria (Iridopsis jacumbaria - Hodges#6572)

Hodges Number

6572

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Iridopsis jacumbaria (Dyar, 1908)

Anacamptodes jacumbaria Dyar, 1908

Selidosema jacumbaria Dyar, 1908

Cleora jacumbaria Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1917

Anacamptodes jacumbaria McDunnough, 1920

Size

Rindge (1966) listed the forewing lengths. (2)

♂ 13-17 mm

♀ 12-17 mm.

Identification

Rindge (1966) described the adults including genitalia and stated "This small species can be recognized by the prominent and straight t. a. [antemedial] and t. p. [postmedial] lines, and by the reddish brown color of the basal and subterminal areas of the wings." (2)

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Rindge (1966) reported the range to include southern California and Baja California. (2)

Season

Rindge (1966) reported the flight period as "from late February into September, with one specimen dated November 24." (2)

Food

Rindge (1966) listed the host as unknown. (2)

Print References

Rindge, F.H., 1966. A revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the America Museum of Natural History 132(3), p. 188; pl. 22, fig. 2; text figs. 1, 11, 34. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.

2.	A revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) (1966) Frederick H. Rindge. 1966. Bulletin of the America Museum of Natural History 132(3).

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 April, 2014 - 3:35pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 1:01am

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