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Geometridae
91a0984 – 6584   Iridopsis humaria (Guenée, [1858])
             Small Purplish Gray

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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • humaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Boarmia) - MONA 1983: 6584
  • ssp. a. humaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Boarmia) - MONA 1983: 6584
  • illaudata (Walker, 1860) (Boarmia) (synonym of ssp. humaria)
  • intractaria (Walker, 1860) (Boarmia) (synonym of ssp. humaria)
  • intraria (Guenée, [1858]) (Boarmia) (synonym of ssp. humaria)
  • ssp. b. pallida (Rindge, 1966) (Anacamptodes)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Rindge, F.H., 1966. A revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 132(3) 215.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Iridopsis humaria
    © Nolie Schneider
    Iridopsis humaria
    © Janice Stiefel
    Iridopsis humaria
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Iridopsis humaria
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Iridopsis humaria
    27mm – © Jim Vargo
    Iridopsis humaria
    © Howell Curtis

    Iridopsis humaria
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Iridopsis humaria
    © McGuire Center LG

    Iridopsis humaria
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Iridopsis humaria
    © Howell Curtis


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