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Geometridae
91a0177 – 7468   Eupithecia longipalpata Packard, 1876

© Dick Wilson
Description/
Field Marks:
McDunnough 1949: 557; pl. 26, fig. 23; text figure 3A.
Genitalia: See Plate 21 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2018).
See Plates 198, 204 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2019).
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Eupithecia longipalpata Packard, 1876
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • 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)
  • Ferris, C.D., 2019. Geometridae: Larentiinae: Eupitheciini (Part). Lepidoptera of North America, Part 14. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University, Supplement, 35 color plates of adult moths w/ genitalia. (accessed 12/7/2019)
  • 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
Eupithecia longipalpata
© Dick Wilson - DNA
Eupithecia longipalpata
© Dick Wilson - DNA
Eupithecia longipalpata
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Eupithecia longipalpata
23mm – © Jim Vargo
Eupithecia longipalpata
25mm - LG – © Jim Vargo

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