Eupithecia lachrymosa

Eupithecia lachrymosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. lachrymosa
Binomial name
Eupithecia lachrymosa
(Hulst, 1900)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia lachrymosa Hulst, 1900
  • Eupithecia georgii McDunnough, 1929
  • Eupithecia kananaskata MacKay, 1951

Eupithecia lachrymosa is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found from central Saskatchewan west to southern Vancouver Island, north to British Columbia and Alberta and south to California.[3]

The wingspan is 19–24 mm. Adults are dark grey-brown with obscure markings, except for a fairly prominent dark forewing discal dot.

The larvae feed on Betula papyrifera, Salix, Ceanothus, and Alnus species.[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. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
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