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Eupithecia tenuata

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Eupithecia tenuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. tenuata
Binomial name
Eupithecia tenuata
Synonyms
  • Eucymatoge tenuata

Eupithecia tenuata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1880. It is found in western North America from southern British Columbia through the Rocky Mountain region to Arizona and New Mexico.

The wingspan is about 16 mm.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing in July and August.

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia tenuata Hulst 1880". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "910397.00 – 7559 – Eupithecia tenuata – Hulst, 1880". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 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 2013-03-21.