Eupithecia macrocarpata explained

Eupithecia macrocarpata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1944. It is found in the US state of California.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are brownish olivaceous.[1]

The larvae feed on Cupressus macrocarpata and Cupressus forbesii.[2]

Notes and References

  1. McDunnough . James H. . James Halliday McDunnough . 1949 . Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 93 . 533–728 . 2013-03-20 . 2013-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195738/http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/leprefs/B093a08.pdf . dead .
  2. Comstock . John Adams . 1964 . Life History Notes on Eupithecia macrocarpata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) . Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences . 63 . 4 . 171–174 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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