Eupithecia anticaria Walker, 1862 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Eupithecia anticaria Walker, 1862

Eupithecia anticaria Walker, 1862

Eupithecia anticaria is a 18 mm-wingspan Geometridae moth found across North America, active as adults from May to July.

Family
Genus
Eupithecia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Eupithecia anticaria Walker, 1862

Eupithecia anticaria Walker, 1862 is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. It was first formally described by Francis Walker in 1862. This species has a distribution that ranges from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, across Canada to western British Columbia. It extends south to northern New Mexico, as well as to Apache and Coconino counties in Arizona. The wingspan of adult Eupithecia anticaria is approximately 18 millimeters. Adult moths are active and on wing from May to July each year.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Eupithecia

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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