Genus Eupithecia

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Food · Internet References

Naked Caterpillar - Eupithecia miserulata

Common Eupithecia - Eupithecia miserulata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Larentiinae

Tribe Eupitheciini

Genus Eupithecia

Numbers

150 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

62 species in Canada (CBIF)

several species are holarctic

Identification

Adults at rest often hold their long forewings (with hindwings hidden beneath) at right-angles to the body, giving a distinctive "soaring hawk" appearance.

Food

Larvae feed mostly on Asteraceae and also other plant families.

Internet References

pinned adult images of all Eupithecia species in Canada (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 January, 2005 - 4:18pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 15 October, 2009 - 1:07pm

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