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Eupithecia shirleyata

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Eupithecia shirleyata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. shirleyata
Binomial name
Eupithecia shirleyata
Cassino & Swett, 1922[1][2]

Eupithecia shirleyata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Samuel E. Cassino and Louis W. Swett in 1922. It is found in the US in southern California and Arizona.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of November to late March or even early April.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia shirleyata Cassino & Swett 1922". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "910428.00 – 7588 – Eupithecia shirleyata – Cassino & Swett, 1922". 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-22.