Eupithecia phyllisae

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Eupithecia phyllisae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. phyllisae
Binomial name
Eupithecia phyllisae
Rindge, 1963 [1] [2]

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. [3]

The length of the forewings is 7-8.5 mm for males and 7–9 mm for females. The forewing ground color is pale grayish white, heavily overlain with pale reddish-brown scales. The upper portion of the median area is broadly grayish black. The hindwings are concolorous with the forewings, but with a sinuate, grayish-black median band and a brownish-red extradiscal band, separated by a prominent stripe of the ground color.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of the wife of the author, Phyllis Rindge.

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia phyllisae Rindge 1963". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. "910398.00 – 7560 – Eupithecia phyllisae – Rindge, 1963". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  3. Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2147): 1–23.