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Geometridae
91a0289 – 7586.1   Eupithecia absinthiata (Clerck, 1759)

- gen. - © Tom Murray
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:
  • absinthiata Clerck 1759 (Phalaena)
  • callunae Speyer 1867 (Eupithecia)
  • coagulata Guenée [1858] (Eupithecia)
  • elongata Haworth 1809 (Phalaena)
  • geminata Packard 1873 (Eupithecia)
  • gossensiata Mabille 1869 (Eupithecia)
  • knautiata Gregson 1874 (Eupithecia)
  • meritata Pearsall 1908 (Eupithecia)
  • minutata [Denis & Schiffermüller] 1775 (Geometra)
  • notata Stephens 1831 (Eupithecia)
  • packardata Taylor 1907 (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.
    • 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
    Eupithecia absinthiata
    © Bo Zaremba
    Eupithecia absinthiata
    © Betsy Higgins
    Eupithecia absinthiata
    - gen. - © Tom Murray
    Eupithecia absinthiata
    © Carl Barrentine
    Eupithecia absinthiata
    © Marcie O'Connor
    Eupithecia absinthiata
    18mm – © Jim Vargo
    Eupithecia absinthiata
    20mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
    Eupithecia absinthiata
    © Canadian National Collection LG


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