Eupithecia tricolorata

Eupithecia tricolorata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Samuel E. Cassino in 1927. It is found in the United States in southern Arizona.

Eupithecia tricolorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. tricolorata
Binomial name
Eupithecia tricolorata
Cassino, 1927[1][2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. A large portion of the forewings and certain portions of the hindwings are brick red.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing in October.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia tricolorata Cassino 1927". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910436.00 – 7596 – Eupithecia tricolorata – Cassino, 1927". 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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