Eupithecia affinata

Eupithecia affinata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1908. It is found in North America, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ontario and Quebec. It has also been recorded from Arizona and California.

Eupithecia affinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. affinata
Binomial name
Eupithecia affinata
Pearsall, 1908[1][2]

Adults are light fawn gray with a prominent black discal dot on the forewings.[3]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia affinata Pearsall 1908". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. "910342.00 – 7495 – Eupithecia affinata – Pearsall, 1908". 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.


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