Eupithecia russeliata

Eupithecia russeliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Eupithecia
Species: E. russeliata
Binomial name
Eupithecia russeliata
Swett, 1908[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia brauneata Swett, 1908

Eupithecia russeliata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is widespread in North America, including Alberta, California, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina and Nova Scotia.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to October.

The larvae feed on Picea species and possibly other conifers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia, James H. McDunnough, 1949


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