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

© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Genitalia: See Plate 29 & 30 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2018).
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Synonymy:
  • miserulata Grote, 1863 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7474
  • ssp. a. miserulata Grote, 1863 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7474
      Type locality: Virginia.
  • grossbeckiata Swett, 1907 (Eupithecia) (synonym of ssp. miserulata)
  • nebulosa (Hulst, 1896) (Tephroclystis) (synonym of ssp. miserulata)
  • plumbaria (Hulst, 1900) (Tephroclystis) (synonym of ssp. miserulata)
  • 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
    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Bob Patterson
    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Machele White
    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Machele White
    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Dick Wilson - DNA
    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Carol Wolf
    Eupithecia miserulata
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Eupithecia miserulata
    15mm – © Jim Vargo
    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Janice Stiefel
    5th instar
    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Machele White

    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Marie Schmidt

    Eupithecia miserulata
    © Marie Schmidt


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