| Eupithecia macrocarpata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. macrocarpata
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| Binomial name | |
| Eupithecia macrocarpata | |
Eupithecia macrocarpata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1944. It is found in the US state of California.
The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are brownish olivaceous.3
The larvae feed on Cupressus macrocarpata and Cupressus forbesii.4
References
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia macrocarpata McDunnough 1944". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- "910319.00 – 7470 – Eupithecia macrocarpata – McDunnough, 1944". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- Comstock, John Adams (1964). "Life History Notes on Eupithecia macrocarpata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 63 (4): 171–174 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.