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

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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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