Eupithecia misturata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is widely distributed in western North America.

Eupithecia misturata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. misturata
Binomial name
Eupithecia misturata
(Hulst, 1896)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia misturata Hulst, 1896
  • Eupithecia conformata Pearsall, 1908
  • Eupithecia frostiata Swett, 1907
  • Eupithecia harveyata Taylor, 1906
  • Eupithecia insignificata Taylor, 1906
  • Eupithecia minorata Taylor, 1907
  • Eupithecia scelestata Taylor, 1907
  • Tephroclystia subfoveata Dyar, 1904
  • Eupithecia sublineata Taylor, 1906

The wingspan is about 16–18 mm. flowering trees and shrubs, including Holodiscus discolor, Ceanothus velutinus, Arctostaphylos and Quercus species.[3]

Subspecies

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  • Eupithecia misturata misturata (from southern California north to British Columbia and southern Alberta and east to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Utah and New Mexico)
  • Eupithecia misturata delzurata Cassino & Swett 1922 (California)[4]

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia misturata (Hulst 1896)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "910326.00 – 7476 – Eupithecia misturata – (Hulst, 1896)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Eupithecia misturata [Geometridae]". Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original March 15, 2013.
  4. ^ 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.