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Species Eupithecia spermaphaga - Hodges#7578

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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 spermaphaga (Eupithecia spermaphaga - Hodges#7578)
Hodges Number
7578
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia spermaphaga (Dyar, 1917)
Eucymatoge spermaphaga Dyar, 1917
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Genitalia:
See Also
Eupithecia mutata is smaller.
Eupithecia johnstoni is smaller.
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1917. Miscellaneous new lepidoptera. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 5: 68.
McDunnough, J.H. 1949. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93(8): 660 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Pinned adult image (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.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).
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Chris Mallory on 21 December, 2010 - 2:22pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 January, 2024 - 9:58am

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