''Epirrita'' is a genus of
geometer moth
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family (biology), family Geometridae of the insect order (biology), order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative for ...
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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
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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 distribu ...
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(Borkhausen, 1794)
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Epirrita christyi
The pale November moth (''Epirrita christyi'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Allen in 1906. It is a fairly common species in Western Europe including the British Isles.
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(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
''Epirrita faenaria'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific O ...
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(Bastelberger, 1911)
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Epirrita filigrammaria''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
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Epirrita pulchraria''
(Taylor, 1907)
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Epirrita terminassiae''
(Vardikjan, 1974)
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Epirrita undulata
''Epirrita undulata'' is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Epirrita undulata'' is 7434.
References
Further reading
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(Harrison, 1942)
References
Operophterini
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