Eupithecia casloata

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Eupithecia casloata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. casloata
Binomial name
Eupithecia casloata
(Dyar, 1904)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia casloata Dyar, 1904
  • Eupithecia bradorata McDunnough, 1930
  • Eupithecia kasloata McDunnough, 1929

Eupithecia casloata is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in North America, including Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Washington, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, California, Maine and New Hampshire.[3]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are alternately banded with irregular light and dark bands. The hindwings are largely pale, with a broad smoky marginal band.[4]

References

  1. Taxapad
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Rindge, F.H., 1963: Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum novitates 2147: 1-23. Full article: .
  4. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia, James H. McDunnough, 1949


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