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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 ornata - Hodges#7455 (Eupithecia ornata)

Species Eupithecia ornata - Hodges#7455

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Eupithecia ornata - Hodges#7455 - Eupithecia ornata - female

Eupithecia ornata - Hodges#7455 - Eupithecia ornata - male

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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 ornata (Eupithecia ornata - Hodges#7455)

Hodges Number

7455

Identification

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Range

Canada,CA,NM,AZ,WY,CO,UT,TX

Season

adults from late June to late August. Larvae from early July to late September (Prentice, 1963). Pupae most likely hibernate. Bolte, 1990

Food

usually found on Pinus contorta Dougl.; occasionallly found on Pinus monticola Dougl., Pinus ponderosa Laws., Larix occidentalis Nutt., and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (Prentice 1963; McGuffin 1958; CNC). Bolte, 1990

Print References

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Internet References

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Works Cited

1.	Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera) VI. subfamily Larentiinae, revision of the genus Eupithecia K.B. Bolte. 1990. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 122(S151): 3-253.

2.	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).

3.	Lepidoptera of North America 14. Geometroidea: Geometridae: Larentiinae: Eupitheciini (Part) Clifford D. Ferris. 2017. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University, p.1-103.

Contributed by Jim Johnson on 25 May, 2017 - 12:21pm
Additional contributions by JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 7:23pm

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