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Catalog #:
5243548
Taxon:
Eupithecia bolterii (Hulst)
Family: Geometridae
Family: Geometridae
Determiner: Chuck Sexton (2017-03-07T16:06:29Z)
Collector:
Chuck Sexton
Date: 2017-03-01
Verbatim Date: 2017/03/01 10:01 PM CST
Locality:
United States, Texas
30.4179722222 -97.7585361111 +-100m.
Occurrence Remarks:
This was one of the nice discoveries on the first day of March; first for the yard. I keep photographing Eupithecia's in hopes of uncovering something different and it finally worked. This is Bolter's Pug Moth which ranges from AZ east to Central Texas. MPG at present does not show any Texas records: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7500 The species is sparsely recorded in Texas but has been documented as far east as Waco (McClennan Co.). This appears to be a 2nd Travis County record, just a few days after the first one was uploaded to BG: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1343373 The first image is a marked-up version to illustrate key points for identifying this species (based on McDunnough's 1949 monograph and a more recent article by Blanchard & Knudson (1985)*). 1. FWs narrower and more pointed than most other common Eupithecia's. 2. Oblique dark marks from costa meeting at the discal spot, forming a conspicuous "triangle" on the costal margin. 3. Discal spot a prominent vertical bar. 4. Thin black line extending from lower end of discal spot towards base of FW. 5. Pale unmarked buff/gray areas flanking the discal spot; also the inner 2/3 of HW similarly unmarked (more so than most other Eupithecia). The black inverted "Y" or 3-bladed "propeller" on the thorax seems to be diagnostic for this species, at least among CenTex Eupithecia's. These ID notes have been added to the BG species page here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1043092 * Blanchard, A., and E. C. Knudson. "The Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Texas, with the description of a new species." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (USA) (1985).
Establishment Means:
wild
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Record
Id: 3184825a-cae5-4839-b85f-039f410c833f
Occurrence ID (GUID):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5243548
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Ken-ichi Ueda (kueda@inaturalist.org)
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