Eupithecia ammonata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1929. It is found in North America, including Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Wisconsin and Arizona.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. ammonata
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Binomial name | |
Eupithecia ammonata |
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are grey with extremely faint crosslines.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia ammonata McDunnough 1929". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ "910370.00 – 7527 – Eupithecia ammonata – McDunnough, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-20.