Iridopsis
Appearance
Iridopsis | |
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Iridopsis larvaria | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Ennominae |
Tribe: | Boarmiini |
Genus: | Iridopsis Warren, 1894 |
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Iridopsis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Warren in 1894.[1]
Species
The following species are classified in the genus.[2] This species list may be incomplete.
- Iridopsis angulata
- Iridopsis clivinaria – mountain mahogany looper moth
- Iridopsis cypressaria
- Iridopsis dataria
- Iridopsis defectaria – brown-shaded gray moth
- Iridopsis emasculatum
- Iridopsis ephyraria – pale-winged gray moth
- Iridopsis fragilaria
- Iridopsis gemella
- Iridopsis humaria – small purplish gray moth
- Iridopsis jacumbaria
- Iridopsis larvaria – bent-line gray moth
- Iridopsis obliquaria – oblique looper moth
- Iridopsis perfectaria
- Iridopsis pergracilis – cypress looper moth
- Iridopsis profanata
- Iridopsis providentia
- Iridopsis pseudoherse
- Iridopsis sancta
- Iridopsis sanctissima
- Iridopsis vellivolata – large purplish gray moth
References
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Iridopsis Warren, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "North American Moths". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.