Eupithecia subapicata

Eupithecia subapicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. subapicata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia subapicata; Guenée, 1857[1][2]
Synonyms
	Chesias occidentaliata Packard, 1871;

Eupithecia subapicata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in the western United States from California through Oregon to Washington.

The wingspan is about 22–26 mm. The forewings are wood brown. There is a small, light ocherous-brown, pre-apical, costal patch which is almost connected with an elongate, subapical patch of a similar color. The basal portion of the wing frequently shows shading of a lighter color which at times also occurs on the outer margin of the median band. The hindwings are pale smoky with indications of numerous crosslines, especially above the darker shaded inner margin.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from January to July.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia subapicata Guenee 1857". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
"910427.00 – 7587 – Eupithecia subapicata – Guenée, [1858]". 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.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia subapicata Guenee 1857". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

[2] "910427.00 – 7587 – Eupithecia subapicata – Guenée, [1858]". 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.