Eupithecia jejunata

Eupithecia jejunata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the United States, from eastern Texas, north into Arkansas and Missouri, east through Louisiana and Mississippi to Florida and north to coastal North Carolina.[3]

Eupithecia jejunata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. jejunata
Binomial name
Eupithecia jejunata

The forewings are gray with an indistinct pattern. The hindwings are concolorous with or slightly paler than the forewings. Adults are on wing from February to mid-May. There can be a partial second generation.[4]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia jejunata McDunnough 1949". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. "910334.00 – 7486 – Eupithecia jejunata – McDunnough, 1949". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 29, 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. Rindge, Frederick H. (February 19, 1985). "The Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Mississippi and Louisiana" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2809: 1–18.


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