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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 borealis - Hodges#7485 (Eupithecia borealis)

Species Eupithecia borealis - Hodges#7485

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Eupithecia borealis - Hodges#7485 - Eupithecia borealis - female Eupithecia borealis - Hodges#7485 - Eupithecia borealis - 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 borealis (Eupithecia borealis - Hodges#7485)
Hodges Number
7485
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
southern QUE to south-central BC to Alberta; NY, MN; WY; NM; UT; southern AZ
Season
Adults June - Sept depending on locality and elevation
Food
unknown
Internet References
(1)
(2)
(3)
Works Cited
1.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.
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).
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.
Contributed by JoAnneRusso on 13 July, 2021 - 12:54pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 2:01pm

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