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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Eupitheciini » Eupithecia » Eupithecia bryanti - Hodges#7480 (Eupithecia bryanti)

Species Eupithecia bryanti - Hodges#7480

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Larentiinae

Tribe Eupitheciini

Genus Eupithecia

Species bryanti (Eupithecia bryanti - Hodges#7480)

Hodges Number

7480

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia bryanti Taylor, 1906 (1)

Eupithecia modesta Taylor, 1906

Phylogentic Sequence # 910329

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of Lepidoptera breeder and collector Theodore Bryant (1871-1946) of Wellington, British Columbia, who took the first specimens. (2)

Size

Forewing length 9-10 mm. (3)

Wingspan about 18 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References.

Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Genitalia:

Range

Yukon and British Columbia, east to western Alberta, south to California. (3)

Types: near Stickeen River, British Columbia (Theodore Bryant, 13-29 July, 1905).

Food

Larval host is willow (Salix). (4), (3)

See Also

E. obumbrata

Print References

Taylor, G.W. 1906. Some new Geometridae from British Columbia. The Canadian Entomologist 392 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Rev. George W. Taylor

Works Cited

1.	Some new Geometridae from British Columbia. George. W. Taylor. 1906. The Canadian Entomologist 38(12): 389-405.

2.	Butterflies of British Columbia Crispin S. Guppy, Jon H. Shepard. 2001. UBC Press.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Annotated list of forest insects of British Columbia, part 3 - Eupithecia spp., part 4 - Hydriomena spp. (Geometridae). D.A. Ross & D. Evens. 1956. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of British Columbia.52: 36-39.

Contributed by John Davis on 16 March, 2010 - 12:07pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 2:07pm

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