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Species Eupithecia macdunnoughi - Hodges#7512

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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 macdunnoughi (Eupithecia macdunnoughi - Hodges#7512 )
Hodges Number
7512
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia macdunnoughi Rindge, 1952 (1)
syn. Eupithecia suspiciosata McDunnough, 1949 (2)
Numbers
There are more than 160 Eupithecia species in America north of Mexico.(3)
Size
Wingspan about 18 mm.
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)
Range
California(5) to Arizona(6); (Colorado?). (7)
Moth Photographers Group
Season
Records of adults from January to August. (7)
Food
Unknown.
See Also
Many similar species that usually require dissection to determine.(3)
Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
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. 596; pl. 28, fig. 13, text fig. 7f. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
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.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).
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
6.Moths of Southeast Arizona
7.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 31 March, 2012 - 11:12am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:44pm

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