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Eupithecia palpata

Eupithecia palpata, the small pine looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1873. It is found in Canada and the north-eastern parts of the United States. The habitat consists of spruce woods.

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Eupithecia palpata
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Larva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. palpata
Binomial name
Eupithecia palpata
Packard, 18731
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia transcanadata MacKay, 1951

Eupithecia palpata, the small pine looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1873. It is found in Canada (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia) and the north-eastern parts of the United States. The habitat consists of spruce woods.

The wingspan is about 23 mm.

The larvae feed on balsam fir, eastern hemlock, eastern larch, pines, spruces and possibly other conifers.

References

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia palpata Packard 1873". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
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