Eupithecia slossonata

Eupithecia slossonata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1949. It is found in the US states of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Maryland.[3]

Eupithecia slossonata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. slossonata
Binomial name
Eupithecia slossonata

The forewings are deep smoky brown with blackish cross lines. The hindwings are pale smoky with a quite prominent, oblique, postmedian line.[4]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia slossonata McDunnough 1949". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910297.00 – 7451 – Eupithecia slossonata – McDunnough, 1949". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2147: 1–23.
  4. 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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