Iridopsis pergracilis, the cypress looper moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900. It is found in the US from Maryland to Florida.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cypress Gray being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hymenomima memor
- Iridopsis humaria
- Iridopsis obliquaria
- Iridopsis fragilaria
- Anavitrinella atristrigaria
- Stenoporpia pulmonaria
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Iridopsis
- Species
- Iridopsis pergracilis
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