''Idaea basinta'', the red-and-white wave, is a species of geometrid
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Geometridae.
It was described by
William Schaus in 1901 and is found in Central and North America.
[
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Idaea basinta'' is 7110.][Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). ]
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References
* Scoble, Malcolm J., ed. (1999). ''Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)'', 1016.
Further reading
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
External links
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Sterrhini
Moths described in 1901
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