Species Idaea microphysa - Hodges#7104

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

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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 microphysa (Idaea microphysa - Hodges#7104)

Hodges Number

7104

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Idaea microphysa (Hulst, 1896)

Eois microphysa Hulst, 1896 (1)

Size

Wingspan 12-14 mm.

Identification

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to be Georgia and Florida to Texas. (3)

Moth Photographers Group has records from Florida to California.

Season

The flight period appears to be April to September.

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the host was unknown. (3)

Print References

Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 305. (1)

Hulst, G.D., 1900. New species of Lepidoptera. Geometeridae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 8: 217.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 April, 2014 - 4:00pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:56pm

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