Eupithecia ravocostaliata

Eupithecia ravocostaliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. ravocostaliata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia ravocostaliata; Packard, 1876[1][2]

Eupithecia ravocostaliata, the tawny eupithecia or great variegated pug, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1876. It is found in northern New York and the New England states, extending across Canada from the Maritime provinces to Vancouver Island and down the west coast as far as the San Francisco Bay region.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings have a pale, whitish ground colour with white and black costal and submarginal patches.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from January to August.

The larvae feed on the foliage of Rhamnus purshiana.[4]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia ravocostaliata Packard 1876". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
"910444.00 – 7605 – Eupithecia ravocostaliata – Tawny Eupithecia Moth – Packard, 1876". 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.
"Eupithecia ravocostaliata [Geometridae]". (February 2, 2013). Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original June 26, 2013.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia ravocostaliata Packard 1876". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

[2] "910444.00 – 7605 – Eupithecia ravocostaliata – Tawny Eupithecia Moth – Packard, 1876". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 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.

[4] "Eupithecia ravocostaliata [Geometridae]". (February 2, 2013). Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original June 26, 2013.