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Eupithecia slossonata

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

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.