Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Epirrita
Genus
Epirrita
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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