Eupithecia unicolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. unicolor |
Binomial name | |
Eupithecia unicolor | |
Synonyms | |
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Eupithecia unicolor is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from British Columbia south to California.
The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are violaceous with two black oblique cross lines. [3] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to November.
The larvae feed on Juniperus scopulorum , Thuja plicata and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis . The larvae are twig mimics. They are mottled yellowish green with a brown head. Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 20 mm. Larvae can be found from April to May and pupation occurs in June. The species overwinters as a mid-instar larva. [4]
The black carpet beetle is a 3–5-millimetre-long (0.12–0.20 in) beetle that can be a serious household pest. The larvae grow to 7 mm (0.28 in) in length, are reddish brown in colour and covered with bristles. The larval form feeds on natural fibres, damaging carpets, furniture and clothing.
Eupithecia insigniata, the pinion-spotted pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe and Eastern Asia.
Misogada is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae erected by Francis Walker in 1865. Its only species, Misogada unicolor, the drab prominent, was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Saskatchewan.
Eupithecia analoga is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from western Europe to the Ural and Siberia. In the north, the range extends north of the polar circle. South, it is found up to the Alps.
Eupithecia actaeata is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from western Europe to Japan. In Europe, it is found from Fennoscandia to the Alps.
Eupithecia conterminata is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from Fennoscandia and the mountains of central Europe, through the Caucasus to southern Siberia.
Eupithecia denotata, the campanula pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from western Europe to central Asia and China.
Eupithecia egenaria, the pauper pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Ireland and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.
Eupithecia lanceata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from most of the Palearctic ecozone, except for the south. The habitat consists of pine forests.
Eupithecia selinata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Japan through the Amur Region, Siberia, the Urals, Caucasus and Russia to western Europe and from southern Fennoscandia to the Alps.
Eupithecia subumbrata, the shaded pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found from Mongolia and the Altai Mountains through Siberia, central Asia, Asia Minor and Russia to western Europe and from central Scandinavia to the Mediterranean region.
Eupithecia laquaearia is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in central and southern Europe and Russia.
Eupithecia carpophagata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the mountains of Europe, including the eastern Pyrenees, the central and southern part of the Alps, the Massif Central, the central Apennines and the Balkan Peninsula.
Eupithecia undata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1840. The North American Moth Photographers Group lists it as a synonym of Eupithecia lafontaineata. It is found in the Pyrenees, Alps, the Massif Central, the Tatra mountains, on the Balkan Peninsula and in Romania. It is also found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.
Eupithecia extraversaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Fennoscandia, Estonia, northern Russia, Great Britain and Ireland. It is also found in Iran.
Eupithecia gueneata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in most of southern and eastern Europe, as well as the Near East and North Africa.
Eupithecia perfusca is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898. It is found in western North America.
Eupithecia niphadophilata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in North America from British Columbia and western Alberta south to New Mexico.
Eupithecia placidata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Taylor in 1908. It is found in western North America from British Columbia south to California.
Eupithecia pyreneata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in southern and central Europe.
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