Species Eupithecia nimbicolor - Hodges#7522

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Eupithecia nimbicolor - Hodges#7522 - Eupithecia nimbicolor - male

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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 nimbicolor (Eupithecia nimbicolor - Hodges#7522)

Hodges Number

7522

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia nimbicolor – (Hulst, 1896)

Tephroclystia nimbicolor Hulst, 1896

Eupithecia adornata Taylor, 1906

Eupithecia inclarata Cassino & Swett, 1924

Eupithecia incresata Pearsall, 1910

Tephroclystia obscurior Hulst, 1896

Identification

Range

Widely distributed from eastern Newfoundland and Maine to western British Columbia, southern Alaska and southward through to New Mexico and Arizona.

Season

Adults fly mid May to early August

Food

Larvae usually in flowers of Achillea sp. and Castilleja sp. and in the foliage of Salix sp., Ribes sp., Rosa sp., and Pentaphylloides floribunda.

Print References

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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 30 April, 2020 - 3:49pm

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