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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 absinthiata - Hodges#7586.1  (Eupithecia absinthiata)

Species Eupithecia absinthiata - Hodges#7586.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Wormwood Pug - Eupithecia absinthiata Geometrid - Eupithecia absinthiata - female Wormwood Pug - Eupithecia absinthiata - male Wormwood Pug - Eupithecia absinthiata Eupithecia absinthiata - Hodges#7586.1 - Eupithecia absinthiata - male Eupithecia absinthiata Eupithecia absinthiata Eupithecia absinthiata - 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 absinthiata (Eupithecia absinthiata - Hodges#7586.1 )
Hodges Number
7586.1
Other Common Names
Wormwood Pug (UK)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupithecia absinthiata (Clerck, 1759)
Phalaena absinthiata Clerck, 1759
Long list of synonyms.
Size
Mironov (2003) listed the wingspan 15-30 mm.
Identification
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Range
Found throughout much of North America except the central plains. (1), (2)
Also found in much of Europe.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period appears to be August to October.
See Also
Many Eupithecia are similar and difficult to determine without dissection.
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (2)
Print References
Clerck, 1759. Icon. Insect. Rariorum. 1: pl. 8: 9.
Olivier, M., 1811. Encyclopédie méthodique : Histoire Naturelle Insectes, 321.
Mironov, V., 2003. The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 4. Apollo Books. p. 278.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (4)
Works Cited
1.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 March, 2013 - 10:28pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, dennepj10, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 October, 2023 - 1:20pm

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