Eupithecia purpurissata
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. purpurissata
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Binomial name | |
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Eupithecia purpurissata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by John Arthur Grossbeck in 1908. It is found in the US state of California.
The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in).[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from February to July.
Subspecies
[edit]- Eupithecia purpurissata purpurissata (northern and central California)
- Eupithecia purpurissata valariata Pearsall, 1910 (southern California)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eupithecia purpurissata.
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia purpurissata Grossbeck 1908". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ "910419.00 – 7579 – Eupithecia purpurissata – Grossbeck, 1908". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-22.