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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 edna - Hodges#7466 (Eupithecia edna)

Species Eupithecia edna - Hodges#7466

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · 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 edna (Eupithecia edna - Hodges#7466)

Hodges Number

7466

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia edna (Hulst, 1896)

Tephroclystia edna Hulst, 1896 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #910315

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 10-11 mm. (2)

Wingspan 17-22 mm. (3), (1)

Range

Records throughout the southwestern United States. (3), (1)

See Also

Eupithecia owenata - is larger and has more irregular margins of the median band. There are also microscopic differences with the antennae. (4)

Print References

Hulst, G.D. 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 266 (1)

McDunnough, J.H., 1949. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(8). (4)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 229; pl. 33, fig. 27. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) James H. McDunnough. 1949. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(8).

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 May, 2014 - 10:45pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 August, 2022 - 5:09pm

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