Eupithecia segregata

Eupithecia segregata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. segregata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia segregata; Pearsall, 1910[1][2]
Synonyms
	Eupithecia bonita Cassino & Swett, 1925;

Eupithecia segregata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1910. It is found in the US states of Oregon, Arizona and California.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. It is a variable species. The basal half of the forewings is suffused with smoky shading, bordered outwardly by an irregular line passing through the discal streak. Beyond this, there is a broad, white, subterminal band, crossed by a faint, median, dark hairline. The terminal area is suffused with smoky in the apical half and again above the tornus. The hindwings are largely pale with a small, dark, basal patch and a moderately broad smoky terminal border. In another form, the forewings are entirely suffused with smoky grey.[3] In coastal regions, adults are on wing from late February to April, but at higher altitudes in the Sierras, the flight time lasts till June.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia segregata Pearsall 1910". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
"910395.00 – 7557 – Eupithecia segregata – Pearsall, 1910". 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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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia segregata Pearsall 1910". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

[2] "910395.00 – 7557 – Eupithecia segregata – Pearsall, 1910". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 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.