Geometridae
91a0252 –
7552 Eupithecia niphadophilata
(Dyar, 1904)
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Distribution: |
Canada: BC, AB; USA: OR, ID, MT, WY, CO, UT, NM - (Ringe 1963:11) |
Genitalia: |
See Plate 93 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2018). |
Similar Species: |
- Eupithecia interruptofasciata is separated by genialia.
- Eupithecia pusillata is separated by genialia.
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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Synonymy: |
niphadophilata Dyar 1904 (Tephroclystis) - MONA 1983: 7552; Type locality: Glacier, 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.
- 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.
- DeWaard, J.R., L.M. Humble, B.C. Schmidt, 2010. DNA barcoding identifies the first North American records of the Eurasian moth, Eupithecia pusillata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 107: 1-7.
- 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., 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.
- Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 33.21f; p. 230. Book Review and ordering
- Rindge, F.H., 1963. Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum novitates. American Museum Novitates, 2147: 1-23.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
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