Eupithecia lachrymosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. lachrymosa
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Binomial name | |
Eupithecia lachrymosa (Hulst, 1900)
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Eupithecia lachrymosa is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900.[1][2] It is found in North America from central Saskatchewan west to southern Vancouver Island, north to British Columbia and Alberta and south to California.[3]
The wingspan is 19–24 mm. Adults are dark grey brown with obscure markings, except for a fairly prominent dark forewing discal dot.
The larvae feed on Betula papyrifera, Salix, Ceanothus, and Alnus species.[4]