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Geometridae 91a0188 – 7479   Eupithecia pygmaeata (Hübner, [1799])

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Genitalia: See Plate 33 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: palustraria Doubleday, 1850 (Eupithecia) pygmaearia Boisduval, 1840 (Eupithecia) pygmaeata (Hübner, [1799]) (Geometra) extralim. - MONA 1983: 7479 pygmaeata (Hübner, [1799]) (Geometra) extralim. - MONA 1983: 7479 ssp. a. obumbrata Taylor, 1906 (Eupithecia)  fortunata Pearsall, 1909 (Eupithecia) (synonym of ssp. obumbrata)

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) 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.

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