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Species Eupithecia persimulata - Hodges#7507

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Eupithecia persimulata - Hodges#7507 - Eupithecia persimulata - female Eupithecia persimulata 7507 - Eupithecia persimulata - male Eupithecia persimulata 7507 - Eupithecia persimulata - male Eupithecia persimulata - female Eupithecia persimulata - female Eupithecia persimulata - female Eupithecia persimulata - 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 persimulata (Eupithecia persimulata - Hodges#7507)
Hodges Number
7507
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia persimulata McDunnough, 1938
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910354
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas (1)(2)
Season
Adults: March thru early October, depending on locality.
Remarks
The maculation is very similar to that of alpinata and prostrata. (McDunnough, 1949)
Internet References
(3)
(4)
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
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.
4.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.
Contributed by JoAnneRusso on 4 May, 2020 - 2:50pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 12:04pm

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