Eupithecia pinata

Eupithecia pinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. pinata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia pinata; Cassino, 1925[1]

Eupithecia pinata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America (including Arizona). It was described by Samuel E. Cassino in 1925.[2]

The forewings are deep smoky in color. The inner and outer edges of the median area are formed by two solid dark bands. The subterminal area is paler and followed by a dark, pre-apical costal blotch and two others on the outer margin.[3]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia pinata Cassino 1925". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
Page 72, The Lepidopterist, Volume 4. Published by Samuel E. Cassino. Original from the University of California.
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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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia pinata Cassino 1925". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

[2] Page 72, The Lepidopterist, Volume 4. Published by Samuel E. Cassino. Original from the University of California.

[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.