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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 maestosa - Hodges#7460  (Eupithecia maestosa)

Species Eupithecia maestosa - Hodges#7460

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Eupithecia maestosa 7460 - Eupithecia maestosa Eupithecia maestosa Eupithecia maestosa Larva - Eupithecia maestosa - female Eupithecia maestosa - female Eupithecia maestosa - female Eupithecia maestosa - female Eupithecia maestosa - male
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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 maestosa (Eupithecia maestosa - Hodges#7460 )
Hodges Number
7460
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia maestosa (Hulst, 1896) (1)
Tephroclystia maestosa Hulst, 1896
syn. Eupithecia dyarata Taylor, 1906
Size
Wingspan 17-21 mm.
Identification
Taylor (1906) description as Eupithecia dyarata is available online in the print references.
This group can be difficult to identify from photos and are best determined by examining the genitalia, or by DNA analysis.
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)

Genitalia:
♀
♂
Range
California to Colorado, British Columbia and Alberta. (3), (2)
There are records from Quebec and Ontario on Moth Photographers Group and BOLD. (3), (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most often reported from April through August. (3)
February to November in California. (3)
Food
Larval host unknown.
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Hulst, G.D. 1896 A classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 23: 269
McDunnough , J.H. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93(8): 552 (6)
Taylor, G.W. 1906. Some new Geometridae from British Columbia. The Canadian Entomologist. 38: 390.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Geometroidea of Canada
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and life history notes on North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1952. American Museum Novitates 1569: 1-27.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.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).
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 October, 2010 - 9:56pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, JohnMaxwell22, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 10 March, 2024 - 8:19pm

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