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Eupithecia catalinata

Eupithecia catalinata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1944. It is found in the southern United States, including Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.

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Eupithecia catalinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. catalinata
Binomial name
Eupithecia catalinata

Eupithecia catalinata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1944. It is found in the southern United States, including Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.3

The wingspan is about 23 mm.4 Adults have been recorded on wing in July and August.

References

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia catalinata McDunnough 1944". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910314.00 – 7465 – Eupithecia catalinata – McDunnough, 1944". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  3. Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2147): 1–23.
  4. 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.