''Epirrita'' is a genus of
geometer moth
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek (derivative form of or "the earth"), and "measure" in referen ...
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first described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1822. They are on the wing from late August to November.
Species
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Epirrita autumnata
The autumnal moth (''Epirrita autumnata'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East and has a much wider distribut ...
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(Borkhausen, 1794)
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Epirrita christyi''
(Allen, 1906)
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Epirrita dilutata
The November moth (''Epirrita dilutata'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It can be found in the Palearctic realm in western Europe from central Scandinavia ...
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(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Epirrita faenaria''
(Bastelberger, 1911)
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Epirrita filigrammaria''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
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Epirrita pulchraria
''Epirrita pulchraria'', the whitelined looper, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, ...
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(Taylor, 1907)
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Epirrita terminassiae
''Epirrita'' is a genus of geometer moths Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1822. They are on the wing from late August to November.
Species
* ''Epirrita autumnata'' (Borkhausen, 1794)
* ''Epirrita christyi'' (Allen, 1906) ...
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(Vardikjan, 1974)
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Epirrita undulata''
(Harrison, 1942)
References
Operophterini
Geometridae genera
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