Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Eupithecia nonanticaria - Hodges#7594.1

Eupithecia nonanticaria 7594.1 - Eupithecia nonanticaria Eupithecia nonanticaria 7594.1 - Eupithecia nonanticaria Eupithecia nonanticaria - male Eupithecia nonanticaria - male Eupithecia nonanticaria Eupithecia nonanticaria Eupithecia nonanticaria Eupithecia nonanticaria
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 nonanticaria (Eupithecia nonanticaria - Hodges#7594.1)
Hodges Number
7594.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia nonanticaria Ferris, 2007
Explanation of Names
Named after its similarity to E. anticaria.
Identification
"This species is nearly identical in habitus to E. anticaria but is grayer with more subdued coloration and muted maculation; positive separation requires the examination of the genitalia."(1)
Range
"This species apparently replaces anticaria in the mountains of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico."(1)
Season
Mid-summer
Works Cited
1.Three new species of Eupithecia Curtis from Arizona and New Mexico with discussion of associated species
Clifford D. Ferris. 2007. Magnolia Press Zootaxa 1516: 49–60.