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Geometridae
91a0282 – 7579   Eupithecia purpurissata Grossbeck, 1908
Distribution Data for Eupithecia purpurissata
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Genitalia: See Plate 122 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2018).
Similar Species:
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Synonymy:
  • purpurissata Grossbeck 1908 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7579
  • ssp. a. purpurissata Grossbeck 1908 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7579
  • ssp. b. valariata Pearsall 1910 (Eupithecia)
  • muriflua Dyar 1923 (Tephroclystia)
  • 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.
    • 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.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
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    Eupithecia purpurissata
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    Eupithecia purpurissata
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