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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 » Fletcher's Eupithecia - Hodges#7491 (Eupithecia fletcherata)

Species Eupithecia fletcherata - Fletcher's Eupithecia - Hodges#7491

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 fletcherata (Fletcher's Eupithecia - Hodges#7491)
Hodges Number
7491
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia fletcherata Taylor, 1907
Phylogenetic sequence #910338
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet in honor of Dr. James Fletcher (1852–1908), botanist and entomologist of the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa.
Size
Wingspan about 17-21 mm (Taylor, 1907). (1)
Larvae mature to about 25 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References.
Larva - pale brown with a dark brown diamond pattern dorsally. (2)
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Range
Records from North Carolina and Tennessee northeast to Maine, southern Ontario east to New Brunswick. (1)
Food
Larval host is alder (Alnus). (2)
Life Cycle
Overwinters in the pupal stage. (2)
Print References
Taylor, G.W. 1907. Description of Eupithecia fletcherata, a geometrid moth from Ottawa, new to science. The Ottawa Naturalist 20(10): 200-202
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.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 tom murray on 21 June, 2015 - 6:28pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 12:41pm

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