Eupithecia ammonata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1929. It is found in North America, including Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Eupithecia ammonata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. ammonata
Binomial name
Eupithecia ammonata

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are grey with extremely faint crosslines.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.

References edit

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia ammonata McDunnough 1929". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "910370.00 – 7527 – Eupithecia ammonata – McDunnough, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 29, 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 2013-03-20.