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Species Eupithecia annulata - Larch Pug Moth - Hodges#7543

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · 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 annulata (Larch Pug Moth - Hodges#7543)
Hodges Number
7543
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia annulata Hulst, 1896
Size
wingspan about 19 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Identification


Genitalia:
♀
♂
Range
British Columbia south to central California, extending eastward in Canada through Alberta to Quebec and the Maritime Provinces and northern Maine
Food
Larval food plants have been recorded as Pseudotsuga taxifolia and Picea canadensis
Print References
(1)
Bolte
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - Images of live & pinned adults
Alberta Entomology - Image of pinned adult
CBIF - Image of pinned adult
Works Cited
1.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 A.W. Thomas on 22 April, 2005 - 8:32am
Additional contributions by anitagould, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 19 April, 2024 - 12:52pm

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