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Eupithecia cretata

Eupithecia cretata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in the US state of Colorado.

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Length
150 w
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Eupithecia cretata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. cretata
Binomial name
Eupithecia cretata
(Hulst, 1896)12
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia cretata Hulst, 1896

Eupithecia cretata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in the US state of Colorado.

The forewings are pale. There is a broad, smoky brown terminal band on both wings.3

References

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia cretata (Hulst 1896)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. "910331.00 – 7482 – Eupithecia cretata – (Hulst, 1896)". 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 2013-03-20.