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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 (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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) 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. (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): 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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