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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 subapicata - Hodges#7587 (Eupithecia subapicata)

Species Eupithecia subapicata - Hodges#7587

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Eupithecia of some kind ? - Eupithecia subapicata

Eupithecia subapicata - Hodges#7587 - Eupithecia subapicata - 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 subapicata (Eupithecia subapicata - Hodges#7587)

Hodges Number

7587

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia subapicata Guenée, [1858]

Eupithecia occidentaliata (Packard, 1871)

Size

WS: 22-26 mm according to Wikipedia. Packard (1876) has it as 1.12" (~28 mm)

Identification

McDunnough (1949) description. (1)

Range

California to Washington. (2)

See Also

Eupithecia redingtonia is smaller and the pale subapical costal is reduced to nearly obsolete. Range: AZ. (1)

Eupithecia shirleyata is smaller and temds to have duller wing colloration. Range: southern CA. (1)

Print References

Guenee, M.A. 1857, Uranides et Phalentites. Tome 2. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères. 10: 331

McDunnough 1949 p. 667; pl 31, fg. 15 (1)

Packard, A.S. 1876. A monograph of the geometrid moths or Phalaenidae of the United States. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the territories. 10: 62; pl. 8, fg. 11

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	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).

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 17 May, 2008 - 2:08pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 19 January, 2023 - 8:27am

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