Eupithecia piccata

Eupithecia piccata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1910. It is found in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico.

Eupithecia piccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Eupithecia
Species:
E. piccata
Binomial name
Eupithecia piccata
Pearsall, 1910[1][2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults have smoky sprinkling over both wings.[3]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia piccata Pearsall 1910". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910349.00 – 7502 – Eupithecia piccata – Pearsall, 1910". 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.


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