Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies. Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies. Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies.
Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice. Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids. Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies. With more than 1, species worldwide, Eupithecia is by far the largest genus of moths in the world. There are more than species found in North America north of Mexico. At least 14 species are found in Minnesota. Eupithecia are small to very small moths with muted colors and indistinct markings that make them difficult to identify.
Some are look-alikes and cannot be identified by simple visual examination. Many museum collections have specimens that have been unreliably identified. Common eupithecia is a common, small to very small pug moth.
It is one of the most common species, or at least one of the most commonly reported species, in the eastern United States. It is common in Minnesota. The face is flat, sloping, and light cream-colored. The sense organs attached to the mouth palpi are long, blade-like, and dark smoky brown. They extend forward far beyond the front of the face.
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On the male, the antennae have numerous bundles of long plume-like hairs cilia on a raised, peg-like base fascicle. Each antenna segment has three pairs of fascicles and a single bristle at the base. The female antennae lack the fascicles but are evenly and finely ciliate and also have a bristle at the base.
