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Species Eupithecia subfuscata - Grey Pug - Hodges#7487

Representative Images

Grey Pug - Eupithecia subfuscata Caterpillar on Goldenrod - Eupithecia subfuscata Geometrid caterpillar - Eupithecia subfuscata Geometrid caterpillar - Eupithecia subfuscata brown caterpillar on goldenrod - Eupithecia subfuscata brown caterpillar on goldenrod - Eupithecia subfuscata pug? - Eupithecia subfuscata Looper - Eupithecia subfuscata
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 subfuscata (Grey Pug - Hodges#7487)

Hodges Number

7487

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia subfuscata (Haworth, 1809)
Eupithecia blancheata Cooke, 1881
Eupithecia castigaria Boisduval, 1840
Geometra castigata Hubner, 1813
Eupithecia castigata
Eupithecia compressata Guenée, 1858
Eupithecia implicata Walker, 1862
Tephroclystia latipennis Hulst, 1898
Eupithecia latipennis
Eupithecia ichinosawana Matsumura, 1925
Eupithecia latimarginata Matsumura, 1925
Phylogenetic Sequence # 910335

Identification

Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Genitalia:
♀
♂

Range

widespread in NA and Europe (1)(2)(3)

Remarks

Group DNA matches:

Internet References

Wikipedia
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Wikipedia
Contributed by v belov on 20 May, 2010 - 6:41pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 6:26pm

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