Eupithecia acutipennis

Eupithecia acutipennis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898. It is found in the US state of California.

Wings

Eupithecia acutipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. acutipennis
Binomial name
Eupithecia acutipennis
(Hulst, 1898)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia acutipennis Hulst, 1898

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are light smoky ocherous.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from October to April.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia acutipennis (Hulst 1898)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910425.00 – 7586 – Eupithecia acutipennis – (Hulst, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  3. 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.


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