Eupithecia columbiata
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. columbiata
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Binomial name | |
Eupithecia columbiata (Dyar, 1904)
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Eupithecia columbiata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904.[1][2] It is found in North America from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador to Vancouver Island, south to North Carolina in the east and Colorado in the west.
The wingspan is 13–24 mm. Adults are on wing in spring, from mid April to mid June in Alberta.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus purshiana, Betula papyrifera, Salix, Prunus, Alnus, Cornus, Philadelphus, Ceanothus, Populus, Amelanchier and Acer species.[3]
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia columbiata (Dyar 1904)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Anweiler, G. G. (September 7, 2004). "Species Details: Eupithecia columbiata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.