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Geometridae
91a0279 – 7577   Eupithecia columbrata McDunnough, 1940
Distribution Data for Eupithecia columbrata
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Genitalia: See Plate 119 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2018).
Plate 218 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2019).
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • columbrata McDunnough, 1940 (Eupithecia) - MONA 1983: 7577 TL: Steelhead, BC.
      Note: Originally described as Eupithecia togata var. columbrata.
  • togata of authors; (not Hübner, [1817]) (Geometra) misappl.
  • pini of authors; (not Retzius, 1783) (Tinea) misappl.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Eupithecia columbrata McDunnough, 1940, listed as a full species in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), was synonymized as a subspecies of Eupithecia mutata Pearsall, 1908, and elevated back to full species status following Parsons et al. (1999).
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA8698 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Bolte, K.B., 1990. Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera) VI. Subfamily Larentiinae 1. Revision of the Genus Eupithecia. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 122(S151): 3-253. (abstract and access (fee))
    • Ferris, C.D., 2018. Geometridae: Larentiinae: Eupitheciini (Part). Lepidoptera of North America, Part 14. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University, - 191 color plates of adult moths w/ genitalia. (accessed 9/28/2018)
    • Ferris, C.D., 2019. Geometridae: Larentiinae: Eupitheciini (Part). Lepidoptera of North America, Part 14. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University, Supplement, 35 color plates of adult moths w/ genitalia. (accessed 12/7/2019)
    • McDunnough, J.H., 1940. Eupithecia notes. The Canadian Entomologist, 72(2): 40.
    • McDunnough, J.H., 1949. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 93(8): 533-728.
    • Parsons, M.S., M.J. Scoble, M.R. Honey, L.M. Pitkin, B.R. Pitkin, 1999. The Catalogue. In: M.J. Scoble (Ed) Geometrid moths of the world: a catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). CSIRO Publishing, 1-1016.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net (true columbrata?)
    Eupithecia columbrata
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    Eupithecia columbrata
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