Eupithecia miserulata

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Common Eupithecia.jpg

| genus = Eupithecia

| species = miserulata

| authority = Grote, 1863{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82839276 |title=Eupithecia miserulata Grote 1863 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324221141/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82839276 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}

| synonyms =

  • Eupithecia grossbeckiata Swett, 1907
  • Tephroclystia nebulosa Hulst, 1896
  • Eupithecia nebulosa
  • Tephroclystia plumbaria Hulst, 1900
  • Eupithecia plumbaria

}}

Eupithecia miserulata, the common eupithecia, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1863 and it can be found in North America, from Ontario and Maine in the north to Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas in the south. It is also found in Arizona and California.{{cite journal |last=Rindge |first=Frederick H. |date=February 19, 1985 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/5276//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N2809.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=The Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Mississippi and Louisiana |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=2809 |pages=1–18}}

Image:Eupith miser.JPG

The wingspan is 12–20 mm. The moths flies from March to November depending on the location.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including coneflower, asters, willows, cherry, juniper and clover.

Subspecies

  • Eupithecia miserulata miserulata (most of eastern North America)
  • Eupithecia miserulata vitans Schaus, 1913
  • Eupithecia miserulata zela Swett & Cassino, 1919 (California)

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