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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 gelidata - Hodges#7538 (Eupithecia gelidata)

Species Eupithecia gelidata - Hodges#7538

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

Eupithecia gelidata - Hodges #7538 - Eupithecia gelidata

possible Eupithecia gelidata - Eupithecia gelidata

Eupithecia gelidata - Hodges#7538 - Eupithecia gelidata - 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 gelidata (Eupithecia gelidata - Hodges#7538)

Hodges Number

7538

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia gelidata Möschler, 1860

Long list of synonyms. (1)

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

Widespread across northern North America, Europe and Asia.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Records of adults are mostly from May to August. (2), (1)

Food

Larval host is Ledum palustre L.

Print References

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), p. 624; pl. 29.18; txt fig. 11a. (1)

Möschler, 1860. Wiener Entomologische Monatsschr. 4: 376.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

Discover Life

E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta )

Wikipedia

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

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 July, 2011 - 6:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 2:33pm

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