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Species Idaea obfusaria - Rippled Wave - Hodges#7123

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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 obfusaria (Rippled Wave - Hodges#7123)
Hodges Number
7123
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Idaea obfusaria (Walker, 1861)
Sterrha punctofimbriata (Packard, 1873)
Lobocleta obfusaria
Size
Wingspan about 20 mm.
Identification
Forewing crossed by 3 yellowish-brown wavy bands on a white background; the outermost band is thinner, darker, more jagged, and contains regularly-spaced small black dots. Each forewing and hindwing has a central large black spot.
Range
Heppner (3003) included Arizona to Florida and north to Missouri and New Jersey. (1), (2), (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Adults fly May through early September.
Print References
Heitzman, R.L., 1973. Life history studies of Idaea obfusaria (Walker) (Geometridae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 12(3): 145-150. (4)
Internet References
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
adult images (Larry Line)
pinned adult (U. of Arizona) (7)
common name references (1, 2, 3)