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Geometridae
91a0165 – 7459   Eupithecia columbiata (Dyar, 1904)

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Description/
Field Marks:
McDunnough 1949: 551-552; pl. 26, fig. 9-11; text figure 1I.
Genitalia: See Plate 10 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:
  • columbiata Dyar 1904 (Tephroclystis) - MONA 1983: 7459
  • erpata Pearsall 1908 (Eupithecia)
  • holbergata MacKay 1951 (Tephroclystis)
  • 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 Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
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    Eupithecia columbiata
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