Eupithecia anticaria

Eupithecia anticaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador across Canada to western British Columbia, south to northern New Mexico and Apache and Coconino counties in Arizona.[3]

Eupithecia anticaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. anticaria
Binomial name
Eupithecia anticaria
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia explanata Walker, 1862

The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia anticaria Walker 1862". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910434.00 – 7594 – Eupithecia anticaria – Walker, 1862". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. Ferris, Clifford D. (2007). "Three new species of Eupithecia Curtis from Arizona and New Mexico with discussion of associated species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1516: 49–60.


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