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Species Eupithecia placidata - Hodges#7471

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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 placidata (Eupithecia placidata - Hodges#7471)
Hodges Number
7471
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia placidata – Taylor, 1908
Identification
Genitalia:

Range
Alberta/British Columbia, CA, AZ, CO, NM, UT and WY
Season
Adults June and July; recorded in Sonoma Co, CA late July to October; February in San Diego Co, CA
Food
Juniperus and Tsuga
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).