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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: Boarmia defectaria Guenée, [1858]
Boarmia albigenaria Walker, 1860
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • 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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