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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:
  • longipalpata Packard 1876 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7468
  • 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)
    • 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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