Eupithecia tenuata

Eupithecia tenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. tenuata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia tenuata; Hulst, 1880[1][2]
Synonyms
	Eucymatoge tenuata;

Eupithecia tenuata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1880. It is found in western North America from southern British Columbia through the Rocky Mountain region to Arizona and New Mexico.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. Adults are pale whitish. The forewings are marked with a small basal patch and a broad median band of a smoky-gray shade, which is much heavier in the costal half of the wing where it shows a strong outward bulge.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing in July and August.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia tenuata Hulst 1880". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
"910397.00 – 7559 – Eupithecia tenuata – Hulst, 1880". 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 tenuata Hulst 1880". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.

[2] "910397.00 – 7559 – Eupithecia tenuata – Hulst, 1880". 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.