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Geometridae 910426.00 – 7586.1   Eupithecia absinthiata (Clerck, 1759)

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Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data. Genitalia: See Plate 129 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: • Phalaena absinthiata Clerck, 1759 • Eupithecia callunae Speyer, 1867 • Eupithecia coagulata Guenée, [1858] • Phalaena elongata Haworth, 1809 • Eupithecia geminata Packard, 1873 • Eupithecia gossensiata Mabille, 1869 • Eupithecia knautiata Gregson, 1874 • Eupithecia meritata Pearsall, 1908 • Geometra minutata [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 • Eupithecia notata Stephens, 1831 • Eupithecia packardata Taylor, 1907

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. 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. Clerck, 1759. Icones Insectorum Rariorum, 1: pl. 8, fig. 9. 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 Species Page at Mass Moths

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