Eupithecia biedermanata

Eupithecia biedermanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. biedermanata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia biedermanata; Cassino & Swett, 1922[1][2]
Synonyms
	Eupithecia miamata Cassino, 1925;

Eupithecia biedermanata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Arizona.

The length of the forewings is 9–10.5 mm. The forewings of the typical form are ferruginous in colour.^[3] The forewings of form miamata (which was originally described as a species) are dull coppery-grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in April and May.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Arbutus arizonica.^[4] They are cryptically patterned and colored to blend with the flowers of the host plant. Pupation takes place in May. The hostplant of the grey phenotype miamata may be another shrub with a grey or greyish-brown bark to which the adults are color-adapted. A possible host is Garrya flavescens.^[5]

References

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[1] Taxapad

[2] thphotographersgroup

[3] Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia, James H. McDunnough, 1949

[4] Moths of Southeastern Arizona

[5] Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)