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Geometridae 91a0224 – 7518   Eupithecia intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839)

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Genitalia: See Plate 63 & 64 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: intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839) (Larentia) extralim. - MONA 1983: 7518 intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839) (Larentia) extralim. - MONA 1983: 7518 helveticaria Boisduval, 1840 (Eupithecia) (excl.) ssp. a. taylorata Swett, 1907 (Eupithecia)  arceuthata of authors; (not Freyer, 1842) (Larentia) misappl. (synonym of ssp. taylorata)  chagnonii Swett, 1911 (Eupithecia) (synonym of ssp. taylorata)  gibsonata Taylor, 1910 (Eupithecia) (synonym of ssp. taylorata)

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. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 33.31f; p. 230. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Zetterstedt, J.W., 1839. Lepidoptera. Insecta Lapponica, 4: 962.

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