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Geometridae 91a0156 – 7449   Eupithecia palpata Packard, 1873              Small Pine Looper

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Description/ Field Marks: McDunnough 1949: 546; pl. 26, fig. 1; text figure 1A. Genitalia: See Plate 1 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2018). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: palpata Packard, 1873 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7449 transcanadata MacKay, 1951 (Eupithecia) Taxonomic Notes: Eupithecia palpata Packard, 1873 includes as a synonym 7450 Eupithecia transcanadata MacKay, 1951 in Bolte (1990), Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can., 122(S151):3-253.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Bolte, K.B., 1990. Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera) VI. Subfamily Larentiinae 1. Revision of the Genus Eupithecia. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 122(S151): 3-253. Ferris, C.D., 2018. Geometridae: Larentiinae: Eupitheciini (Part). Lepidoptera of North America, Part 14. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University, - 191 color plates of adult moths w/ genitalia. (accessed 9/28/2018) Mackay, M.R., 1951. Species of Eupithecia Reared in the Forest Insect Survey in British Columbia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). The Canadian Entomologist, 83(4): 77-91. 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): 533-728. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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