Eupithecia stellata

Eupithecia stellata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in North America from central Manitoba to northern Alberta and south to California and Mexico.[3]

Eupithecia stellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. stellata
Binomial name
Eupithecia stellata
(Hulst, 1896)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia stellata Hulst, 1896

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults have mottled brown-pink forewings crossed by irregular black basal and median bands. The hindwings are paler than the forewings and have dark grey-pink shading along the outer margin. There are two generations with adults on wing in early June and again from late July to the beginning of September.[4]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia stellata (Hulst 1896)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910402.00 – 7564 – Eupithecia stellata – (Hulst, 1896)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 3, 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. Anweiler, G. G. (2008). "Species Details: Eupithecia stellata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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