Eupithecia misturata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is widely distributed in western North America.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. misturata
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Binomial name | |
Eupithecia misturata | |
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The wingspan is about 16–18 mm. flowering trees and shrubs, including Holodiscus discolor, Ceanothus velutinus, Arctostaphylos and Quercus species.[3]
Subspecies
edit- Eupithecia misturata misturata (from southern California north to British Columbia and southern Alberta and east to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Utah and New Mexico)
- Eupithecia misturata delzurata Cassino & Swett 1922 (California)[4]
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia misturata (Hulst 1896)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ "910326.00 – 7476 – Eupithecia misturata – (Hulst, 1896)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ "Eupithecia misturata [Geometridae]". Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original March 15, 2013.
- ^ 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.