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Tribe Eupitheciini

Small moth Horisme intestinata small moth, maybe a geo - Eupithecia ravocostaliata Oregon Moth - Eupithecia No. 195 Eupithecia annulata? - Eupithecia 7449 – Eupithecia palpata – Small Pine Looper - Eupithecia palpata Horisme intestinata Geometridae from Fernbrook - Horisme
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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
Explanation of Names
Eupitheciini from the type genus Eupithecia (Curtis), Greek meaning "beautiful ape." (1)
Print References
Ferris, C.D., 2017. Lepidoptera of North America 14. Geometroidea: Geometridae: Larentiinae: Eupitheciini (Part). Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University, p.1-103 (PDF). (2)
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): 537-728. (3)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.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.
3.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).
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 April, 2005 - 12:00am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 January, 2018 - 5:42am

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