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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 » Swett's Eupithecia - Hodges#7530 (Eupithecia swettii)

Species Eupithecia swettii - Swett's Eupithecia - Hodges#7530

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

Eupithecia reared from 'white' oak caterpillar - Eupithecia swettii - female

Eupithecia swettii - Hodges#7530 - Eupithecia swettii - male

Eupithecia swettii - Hodges#7530 - Eupithecia swettii - 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 swettii (Swett's Eupithecia - Hodges#7530 )

Hodges Number

7530

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia swettii Grossbeck, 1907

Size

forewing length 8.5 - 10.5 mm

Identification

Rindge (1985) description in PDF. (1)

Genitalia:

♀

♂

male abdomen - 8th sternite is almost rectangular, with shallow basal cleft and flat at apex.

Range

Quebec and Massachusetts in the north, to North Carolina in the southeast, and through Missouri and Kansas to Mississippi and eastern Texas

Season

southern specimens from January into April, with some May and July records in the north

See Also

E. matheri

Print References

Grossbeck, J.A. 1907. Notes on Eupithecia, with descriptions of new species. Entomological news and proceedings of the entomological section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 18: 346.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	The Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Mississippi and Louisiana Frederick H. Rindge. 1985. American Museum Novitates 2809:1-18.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by tom murray on 26 September, 2009 - 10:13pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 5:05pm

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