Biology:Eupithecia lachrymosa
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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. lachrymosa
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| Eupithecia lachrymosa (Hulst, 1900)
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Eupithecia lachrymosa is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900.[1][2] It is found in North America 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
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- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia lachrymosa (Hulst 1900)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82857651.
- ↑ "910386.00 – 7548 – Eupithecia lachrymosa – (Hulst, 1900)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7548. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ↑ Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". American Museum Novitates (2147): 1–23. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/3389/N2147.pdf?sequence=1.
- ↑ Anweiler, G. G. (September 7, 2004). "Species Details: Eupithecia lachrymosa". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-4913.
Wikidata ☰ Q13539884 entry
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