Geometridae
91a0166 –
7460 Eupithecia maestosa
(Hulst, 1896)
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DNA - © Jim Moore
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| Distribution: |
Alaska to southern California and west to the Rochies. |
Description/
Field Marks: |
McDunnough 1949: 552-553; pl. 26, fig. 12,13; text figure 2A-B. |
| Genitalia: |
See Plate 11 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2018).
See Plate 201 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2019). |
| Similar Species: |
- BOLD:ACF5070 - Specimens in this BIN are from the Northeast an likely represent a cryptic species.
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
maestosa (Hulst, 1896) (Tephroclystis) - MONA 1983: 7460
Type locality: Holotype: Colorado.dyarata Taylor, 1906 (Eupithecia)
Type locality: Holotype: Kaslo, BC.harlequinaria (Dyar, 1905) (Tephroclystia)
Type locality: Holotype: Victoria, BC. |
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| 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:AAA7998 (E. nr. maestosa) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ACF5070 - 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.
- 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)
- Hulst, G.D., 1896. Classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 23: 269.
- 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 E. H. Strickland Museum
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gen. - © Glenn Fine
gen. - © Glenn Fine
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20mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
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