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Species Eupithecia intricata - Hodges#7518

Eupithecia intricata - Hodges#7518 - Eupithecia intricata - male

Eupithecia intricata - Hodges#7518 - Eupithecia intricata - female

Eupithecia intricata taylorata - Eupithecia intricata

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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 intricata (Eupithecia intricata - Hodges#7518)

Hodges Number

7518

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839)

Eupithecia chagnonii Swett, 1911

Eupithecia gibsonata Taylor, 1910

Eupithecia taylorata Swett, 1907

Larentia arceuthata of authors not Freyer, 1842

Eupithecia helveticaria Boisduval, 1840

Larentia intricata Zetterstedt, 1839

Phylogenetic Sequence # 910363

Identification

Genitalia:

♂

simple uncus, 8th sternite

♀

Range

eastern Newfoundland to western British Columbia including Queen Charlotte Islands; north to Rampart House, Yukon Territory, and near Matagami, Quebec, and south to Mt. Evans Colorado, and according to McDunnough (1949), Cisco Placer County, CA. (K.B. Bolte 1990)

Season

adults early May to early July. Larvae from late June to early October (Prentice 1963). Pupae overwinter. (K.B. Bolte, 1990)

Food

usually found on Thuja occidentalis and Juniperus communis; occasionally on Juniperus scopulorum, Thuja plicata. (K.B. Bolte, 1990)

Print References

(1)

(2)

(3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	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.

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).

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by JoAnneRusso on 18 March, 2020 - 5:33pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 11:31am

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