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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Eupitheciini » Eupithecia » Eupithecia pertusata - Hodges#7595 (Eupithecia pertusata)

Species Eupithecia pertusata - Hodges#7595

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
Eupithecia pertusata - Hodges#7595 - Eupithecia pertusata - 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 pertusata (Eupithecia pertusata - Hodges#7595)
Hodges Number
7595
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia pertusata – McDunnough, 1938
Identification
8th sternite - triangular, weakly chitinized, terminating in 2 rounded projections. Vesica with 2 long, apically pointed rods, a slender finely spiculate strip, and an irregular fragment.
Range
New Mexico, Texas, Mexico
Season
Adults April to July, September to October, depending on locality.
Internet References
(1)
(2)
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.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).
Contributed by JoAnneRusso on 9 May, 2020 - 9:01am

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