Eupithecia miserulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. miserulata |
Binomial name | |
Eupithecia miserulata | |
Synonyms | |
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Eupithecia miserulata, the common eupithecia, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1863 and it can be found in North America, from Ontario and Maine in the north to Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas in the south. It is also found in Arizona and California. [2]
The wingspan is 12–20 mm. The forewings are grayish to grayish brown. The hindwings are the same color, but have a small discal spot and a variably represented an extradiscal line. The moths flies from March to November depending on the location.
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including coneflower, asters, willows, cherry, juniper and clover.
Eupithecia borealis is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898. It is found in North America, including Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Manitoba, Michigan, Montana, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Utah and Wyoming.
Eupithecia jejunata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the United States, from eastern Texas, north into Arkansas and Missouri, east through Louisiana and Mississippi to Florida and north to coastal North Carolina.
Eupithecia peckorum, or Peck's pug moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Roger L. Heitzman and Wilbur R. Enns in 1977. It is found in the United States in eastern Texas, Missouri, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Eupithecia herefordaria, or Hereford's eupithecia, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in south-eastern Arizona, United States.
Eupithecia matheri is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Frederick H. Rindge in 1985. It is found in the US states of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and possibly Kansas.
Eupithecia swettii is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by John Arthur Grossbeck in 1907. It is found in eastern North America, from Quebec and Massachusetts to North Carolina in the south-east and through Missouri and Kansas to Mississippi. It is also found in eastern Texas.
Eupithecia broui is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Frederick H. Rindge in 1985. It is found in the US states of Louisiana, Mississippi and coastal North Carolina.
Eupithecia nabokovi is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1946. It is found in the US states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.
Eupithecia phyllisae is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Rindge in 1963. It is found in the US states of New Mexico and Arizona.
Eupithecia agnesata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Taylor in 1908. It is found in North America from California through Wyoming, Oregon and Washington to British Columbia.
Eupithecia hohokamae is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Frederick H. Rindge in 1963. It is found in the United States in southern Arizona and California.
Eupithecia classicata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1909. It is found in the US state of Arizona and the Mexican state of Durango.
Eupithecia nevadata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1871. It is found in western North America.
Eupithecia litoris is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1946. It is found in the US state of California.
Eupithecia quakerata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1909. It is found in the US states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Eupithecia biedermanata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Samuel E. Cassino and Louis W. Swett in 1922. It is found in the US state of Arizona.
Eupithecia behrensata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1876. It is found in North America from California north to British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Eupithecia olivacea is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Taylor in 1906. It is found in North America from British Columbia south through Washington and Oregon to California.
Eupithecia gilvipennata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Samuel E. Cassino and Louis W. Swett in 1922. It is found along the North American Pacific coast from British Columbia, through Colorado to California and Arizona.
Prorella gypsata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882. It is found in the US states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and south-western Texas.