Eupithecia sheppardata

Eupithecia sheppardata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. sheppardata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia sheppardata; McDunnough, 1938[1][2]

Eupithecia sheppardata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1938. It is found in North America, including New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Maine and New York.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults are light fawn grey.[3]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia sheppardata McDunnough 1938". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
"910341.00 – 7494 – Eupithecia sheppardata – McDunnough, 1938". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
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.

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