Eupithecia biedermanata

Eupithecia biedermanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. biedermanata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia biedermanata; Cassino & Swett, 1922[1][2]
Synonyms
	Eupithecia miamata Cassino, 1925;

Eupithecia biedermanata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Samuel E. Cassino and Louis W. Swett in 1922. It is found in the US state of Arizona.

The length of the forewings is 9–10.5 mm. The forewings of the typical form are ferruginous.[3] The forewings of form miamata (which was originally described as a species) are dull coppery gray. Adults have been recorded on wing in April and May.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Arbutus arizonica.[4] They are cryptically patterned and colored to blend with the flowers of the host plant. Pupation takes place in May. The host plant of the gray phenotype miamata may be another shrub with a gray or grayish-brown bark to which the adults are color adapted. A possible host is Garrya flavescens.[5]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia biedermanata Cassino & Swett 1922". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
"910360.00 – 7514 – Eupithecia biedermanata – [Cassino & Swett], 1922". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
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.
"Geometridae (inch-worm and looper moths)". (November 11, 2010). Moths of Southeastern Arizona. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
Ferris, Clifford D. (2004). "Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 738: 1–19. doi:10.5281/zenodo.158660.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia biedermanata Cassino & Swett 1922". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.

[2] "910360.00 – 7514 – Eupithecia biedermanata – [Cassino & Swett], 1922". 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.

[4] "Geometridae (inch-worm and looper moths)". (November 11, 2010). Moths of Southeastern Arizona. Retrieved April 29, 2019.

[5] Ferris, Clifford D. (2004). "Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 738: 1–19. doi:10.5281/zenodo.158660.