Biology:Eupithecia stellata

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Short description: Species of moth

Eupithecia stellata
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. stellata
Binomial name
Eupithecia stellata
(Hulst, 1896)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia stellata Hulst, 1896

Eupithecia stellata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in North America from central Manitoba to northern Alberta and south to California and Mexico.[3]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults have mottled brown-pink forewings crossed by irregular black basal and median bands. The hindwings are paler than the forewings and have dark grey-pink shading along the outer margin. There are two generations with adults on wing in early June and again from late July to the beginning of September.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13539450 entry