Eupithecia lachrymosa
| Eupithecia lachrymosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. lachrymosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupithecia lachrymosa (Hulst, 1900)[1][2] | |
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Eupithecia lachrymosa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from central Saskatchewan west to southern Vancouver Island, north to British Columbia and Alberta and south to California.[3]
The wingspan is 19–24 mm. Adults are dark grey-brown with obscure markings, except for a fairly prominent dark forewing discal dot.
The larvae feed on Betula papyrifera, Salix, Ceanothus, and Alnus species.[4]
References
- ↑ Taxapad
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Rindge, F.H., 1963: Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum novitates 2147: 1-23. Full article: .
- ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
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