Eupithecia classicata Pearsall

Ferris, Clifford D., 2004, Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini), Zootaxa 738, pp. 1-19 : 12

Eupithecia classicata Pearsall ( Figs. 15–21 )

Original description: Pearsall, R. F., 1909. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 11(3):128.

Holotype and location: Holotype male in AMNH.

Type locality: Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, July, 1907, collected by Haimbach. McDunnough revision: page 674; Plate 31, fig. 27 adult male, specimen collected by A. B. Klots at Superior, Pinal Co., Arizona in July (no year); text fig. 18A male genitalia.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Eupithecia penumbrata female holotype and pin labels (AMNH).

FIGURE 16. Eupithecia classicata male holotype and pin labels (AMNH).

FIGURES 17. Eupithecia classicata adults. a, male, Mexico, Durango, Las Rosias, 12 mi. E. La Ciudad, 2805 m, 14 ­ 18. viii. 72, J. Powell, D. Viers & C. D. MacNeill; female, Arizona, Cochise Co., Rustler Park, Chiricahua Mts., 2590 m, 12. vii. 72, J. Powell; b, male, Arizona, Cochise Co., Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mts., 1775 m, 13. iv. 88, J. Powell; female, same data as male but 12. iv. 88.

FIGURE 18. Eupithecia classicata male genitalia (August specimen). a, genitalia less aedoeagus; b, view of genitalia (less aedoeagus) showing hair pencils, c – d, lateral views of opposite sides of everted and inflated vesica; e, digitally enhanced image with surrounding membrane removed of sclerotized plates on the 7 th and 8 th (top) abdominal sternites.

FIGURE 19. Eupithecia classicata male genitalia (April specimen). a, genitalia less aedoeagus; b, view of genitalia (less aedoeagus) showing hair pencils, c, sketch of uncus tip (oriented vertically); d – e, lateral views of opposite sides of everted and inflated vesica; f, uncus; g, digitally enhanced image of sclerotized plates (surrounding membrane removed) on the 7 th and 8 th (top) abdominal sternites.

FIGURE 20. Eupithecia classicata female genitalia (August specimens). a, ventral (V) and dorsal (D) views of bursa copulatrix of specimen shown in Fig. 17 a (at right); b – d, specimen from Mexico with same data as male in Fig. 17 a; b, bursa copulatrix with digital manipulation of ventral image (V) to show ductus seminalis; c – d, rotation of bursa copulatrix to show ductus seminalis (arrows); e, ovipositor lobes and apophyses of specimen shown in a.

FIGURE 21. Eupithecia classicata female genitalia (April specimen). a, ventral (V) and dorsal (D) views of bursa copulatrix; b, ovipositor lobes and apophyses; c, d, images a, b inverted to emphasize structure; Arizona, Cochise Co., Copper Canyon, 6000 ’ (1830 m), 15. iv. 86, J. Powell.