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Eupithecia adequata

Eupithecia adequata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1910. It is found in the United States from Utah and Colorado through Nevada to California and Arizona.

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Length
155 w
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Eupithecia adequata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. adequata
Binomial name
Eupithecia adequata
Pearsall, 191012

Eupithecia adequata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1910. It is found in the United States from Utah and Colorado through Nevada to California and Arizona.

The wingspan is about 21 mm.3 Adults have been recorded on wing from March to May and in July.

References

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia adequata Pearsall 1910". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910424.00 – 7585 – Eupithecia adequata – Pearsall, 1910". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  3. 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 2013-03-22.