Eupithecia pinata

Eupithecia pinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. pinata
Binomial name
Eupithecia pinata
Cassino, 1925[1]

Eupithecia pinata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in North America (including Arizona). It was described by Samuel E. Cassino in 1925.[2]

The forewings are deep smoky in colour. The inner and outer edges of the median area are formed by two solid dark bands. The subterminal area is paler and followed by a dark, pre-apical costal blotch and two others on the outer margin.[3]

References

  1. Taxapad
  2. Page 72, The Lepidopterist, Volume 4. Published by Samuel E. Cassino. Original from the University of California.
  3. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia, James H. McDunnough, 1949
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