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Geometridae
91a0195 – 7487   Eupithecia subfuscata (Haworth, 1809)
             Grey Pug, The brown-grey Pug

© Dick Wilson - DNA
Genitalia: See Plate 38 for images of both spread adult and genitalia in Ferris (2018).
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • subfuscata Haworth 1809 (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 7487
  • blancheata Cooke 1881 (Eupithecia)
  • castigaria Boisduval 1840 (Eupithecia)
  • castigata Hübner 1813 (Geometra)
  • compressata Guenée [1858] (Eupithecia)
  • implicata Walker 1862 (Eupithecia)
  • latipennis Hulst 1898 (Tephroclystis)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Bolte, K.B., 1990. Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera) VI. Subfamily Larentiinae 1. Revision of the Genus Eupithecia. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 122(S151): 3-253.
    • Ferris, C.D., 2018. Geometridae: Larentiinae: Eupitheciini (Part). Lepidoptera of North America, Part 14. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University, - 191 color plates of adult moths w/ genitalia. (accessed 9/28/2018)
    • Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 2: 360.
    • McDunnough, J.H., 1949. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 93(8): 533-728.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Eupithecia subfuscata
    © Nigel Whinney
    Eupithecia subfuscata
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Eupithecia subfuscata
    16mm – © Jim Vargo
    Eupithecia subfuscata
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Eupithecia subfuscata
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Eupithecia subfuscata
    © Canadian National Collection LG


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