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Geometridae 91a0184 – 7474   Eupithecia miserulata Grote, 1863              Common Eupithecia

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Genitalia: See Plate 29 & 30 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: miserulata Grote 1863 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7474 ssp. a. miserulata Grote 1863 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7474; Type locality: Virginia grossbeckiata Swett 1907 (Eupithecia) nebulosa Hulst 1896 (Tephroclystis) plumbaria Hulst 1900 (Tephroclystis) ssp. b. zela Swett & Cassino 1919 (Eupithecia)

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) Grote, A.R., 1864. Additions to the catalogue of U. S. Lepidoptera, No 3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia., 2: 32; pl. 2, fig. 4. 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. Rindge, F.H., 1985. The Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Mississippi and Louisiana. American Museum Novitates, 2807: 1-18. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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