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Geometridae
91a0986 – 6586   Iridopsis defectaria (Guenée, [1858])
             Brown-shaded Gray

© Aubrey Scott
Genitalia: McDunnough (1940), Can. Entomol. 72(5): fig. 3.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • defectaria Guenée [1858] (Boarmia) - MONA 1983: 6586
  • albigenaria Walker 1860 (Boarmia)
  • 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.
    • McDunnough, J.H., 1940. New North American Geometridae with notes, III. The Canadian Entomologist, 72(5): 90-103.
    • Rindge, F.H., 1966. A revision of the moth genus Anacamptodes (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 132(3) 222.
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Jim Kennedy
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Lynette Schimming
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Machele White
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © John Young
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Victor Call
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Mike Quinn
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Aubrey Scott
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Carol Wolf
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Iridopsis defectaria
    – © Bob Belmont
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Jeff Smith
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Jeff Smith
    Iridopsis defectaria
    30mm – © Jim Vargo
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Ron Votaw
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Beatriz Moisset LG
    on a bramble
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Bob Barber LG
    on Blackberry
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Virginia Dyson LG
    on Geranium houseplant
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © George Smiley LG
    on Eastern Redbud
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Rob Curtis LG

    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Yurika Alexander LG
    on honey locust
    Iridopsis defectaria
    © Howell Curtis

    Iridopsis defectaria
    © George Smiley LG
    on Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) 28mm

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