Moth Photographers Group – Eupithecia johnstoni

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Geometridae

91a0273 – 7570 Eupithecia johnstoni McDunnough, 1946

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Distribution:	Canada: BC; ON; USA: CA, WA, MT, CO. (BOLD)
Genitalia:	See Plate 114 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:	johnstoni McDunnough, 1946 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7570 TL: Lone Pine, Inyo Co., CA.

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.
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA6296 (true johnstoni?) - Caution: 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. (abstract and access (fee))
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)
McDunnough, J.H., 1945. New North American Eupithecias I (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). The Canadian Entomologist, 77(9): 173; fig. 7. (paid access)
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): 656; pl. 30, figs. 35; text fig. 14F