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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 jejunata - Hodges#7486 (Eupithecia jejunata)

Species Eupithecia jejunata - Hodges#7486

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
7486 - Eupithecia jejunata moth - Eupithecia jejunata Eupithecia jejunata - male Eupithecia jejunata - Hodges#7486 - Eupithecia jejunata - female Eupithecia jejunata - Hodges#7486 - Eupithecia jejunata - male Eupithecia jejunata Eupithecia jejunata - female Eupithecia jejunata - female
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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 jejunata (Eupithecia jejunata - Hodges#7486)
Hodges Number
7486
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia jejunata McDunnough, 1949 (1)
Identification
Eupithecia is a difficult group with many similar species that often require dissection for identification. Many undescribed species are known.

Range
Texas and Missouri to North Carolina and Florida. (2) Massachusetts (2019)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records of adults are from March to June. (3)
Florida records are from January to April; November. (2)
See Also
Eupithecia swettii, which it is often confused with in Texas. (1)

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Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Blanchard, A., & E.C. Knudson 1985. The Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Texas with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 87: 666. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Butterflies and moths of North America (BAMONA) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Moths of Maryland
Works Cited
1.The Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Texas, with the description of a new species
A. Blanchard, E. C. Knudson . 1985. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 87: 662-674.
2.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Butterflies of North America
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 March, 2013 - 7:33pm
Additional contributions by JoAnneRusso
Last updated 5 August, 2020 - 6:57pm

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