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Species Eupithecia subcolorata - Hodges#7553

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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 subcolorata (Eupithecia subcolorata - Hodges#7553)

Hodges Number

7553

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia subcolorata – (Hulst, 1898)
Tephroclystia subcolorata Hulst, 1898

Identification

Genitalia:
♀
♂

Range

Oregon, Wyoming, Utah, southward through Colorado into SW Arizona and into New Mexico

Season

Adults July - August

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 JoAnneRusso on 28 April, 2020 - 2:58pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 4:28pm

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