Biology:Eupithecia misturata
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. misturata
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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.
The wingspan is about 16–18 mm. The forewings are pale gray, with a small black discal spot. Adults are on wing in summer.
The larvae feed on the foliage and flowers of various flowering trees and shrubs, including Holodiscus discolor, Ceanothus velutinus, Arctostaphylos and Quercus species.[3]
Subspecies
- 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)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82857660.
- ↑ "910326.00 – 7476 – Eupithecia misturata – (Hulst, 1896)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7476. 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)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93: 533–728. http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/leprefs/B093a08.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q13553356 entry
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