Archiearis infans, the infant, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1862. It is found from Alaska to Newfoundland and the northern United States, south in the east to New Jersey, south in the west to California.

Infant
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Archiearis
Species:
A. infans
Binomial name
Archiearis infans
(Möschler, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Brephos infans
  • Archiearis hamadryas (Harris, 1869)
Archiearis infans oregonensis
Archiearis infans

Subspecies

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  • Archiearis infans infans
  • Archiearis infans oregonensis (Swett, 1917) (southern British Columbia to California)
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  • McLeod, Robin (April 3, 2017). "Species Archiearis infans - The Infant - Hodges#6256". BugGuide. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  • Schmidt, B. C. & Anweiler, G. G. (November 25, 2003). "Species Details Archiearis infans". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 13, 2020.