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Species Eupithecia bivittata - Hodges#7478

Eupithecia bivittata 7478 - Eupithecia bivittata

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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 bivittata (Eupithecia bivittata - Hodges#7478)

Hodges Number

7478

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupithecia bivittata (Hulst, 1896)

Tephroclystia bivittata Hulst, 1896 (1)

Numbers

There are more than 150 species of the genus Eupithecia in America north of Mexico. (2), (3), (4)

Size

Hulst (1896) listed a wingspan of 26 mm. (1)

Identification

Specimens identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (5)

Genitalia:

Range

California. (6), (4)

Holotype ♀ from Mendocina, California, 18 June 1884 (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)

Habitat

Hulst (1896) reported Eupithecia bivittata from coastal areas. (2)

Season

Hulst (1896) reported specimens from February to August. (1)

Food

HOST database (2013) listed Senecio jacobaea L. (stinking willie). (7)

Hulst (1896) reported the host was unknown.

Print References

Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 23: 271. (1)

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. 567; plate 27, fig. 5. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

University of California, Berkeley

Works Cited

1.	Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species George D. Hulst. 1896. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245-386.

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.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

6.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

7.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 November, 2013 - 6:53pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 1:58pm

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