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Species Eupithecia assimilata - Hodges#7554.1

Eupithecia - Eupithecia assimilata - female

Eupithecia assimilata - Hodges#7554.1 - Eupithecia assimilata - male

Eupithecia assimilata - Hodges#7554.1 - Eupithecia assimilata - female

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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 assimilata (Eupithecia assimilata - Hodges#7554.1)

Hodges Number

7554.1

Identification

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Range

Western Newfoundland to central British Columbia; north to Fort McMurray, Alberta, and Great Whale River, Quebec, and south, according to Rindge (1963), to Apache County, Arizona. Bolte, 1990.

Season

Adults from early June to late August. Larvae have been collected in August. Pupae, reared from larvae, emerged same year. Bolte, 1990.

Food

usually found on Ribes sp. (McDunnough, 1949; Anon. 1981; Juul 1948); in Europe also found on Humulus sp. (South, 1948); has been found and reared on Ribes sativum Syme (CNC); Prentice (1963) lists Picea glauca (Moench) Voss; probably in error. Bolte, 1990.

Print References

Bolte, K.B., Guide to the Geometidae of Canada (Lepidoptera) VI. Subfamily Larentiinae, 1. Revision of the Genus Eupithecia; Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada - No. 151, Spring 1990.

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 30 October, 2018 - 7:27am
Additional contributions by JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 January, 2024 - 8:25am

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