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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 » Operophterini » Epirrita

Genus Epirrita

Classification · Numbers · Range · Internet References
Autumnal Moth - Epirrita autumnata Moth - Epirrita autumnata 7433 B– Epirrita autumnata– Autumnal Moth - Epirrita autumnata Window moth 2 - Epirrita autumnata Moth (possibly genus Epirrita) - Epirrita autumnata 910278 Epirrita autumnata - Epirrita autumnata Autumnal Moth - Epirrita autumnata Moth ID - Epirrita autumnata
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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 Operophterini
Genus Epirrita
Numbers
3 species in North America (Nearctica.com)
3 species in Canada (CBIF)
Range
E. autumnata occurs coast to coast in North America (and throughout Eurasia); E. undulata occurs only in the west (north to Yukon and Northwest Territories); E. pulchraria occurs only along the west coast (CBIF)
Internet References
pinned adult image of all 3 North American species (CBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 January, 2005 - 10:30am

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