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Species Eupithecia ravocostaliata - Tawny Eupithecia - Hodges#7605

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Looper caterpillar on willow - Eupithecia ravocostaliata Looper caterpillar on willow - Eupithecia ravocostaliata Eupithecia ravocostaliata
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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 ravocostaliata (Tawny Eupithecia - Hodges#7605)
Hodges Number
7605
Size
wingspan about 20 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Food
Usually willow, but also recorded from alder, birch, cascara, cherry, poplar and viburnum (1)
Internet References
MPG
pg 206 here Geometroid Caterpillars, Wagner, et al
Works Cited
1.Geometroid Caterpillars of Northeastern and Appalachian Forests
Wagner, David; Ferguson, Douglas; McCabe, Timothy; Reardon, Richard. 2001. Forest Service, US Dept of Agriculture.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 23 March, 2005 - 6:42pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, anitagould, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 23 January, 2019 - 1:34am

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