球果尺蛾属（学名：Eupithecia）是尺蛾科之下的一个大分类，含有数百种。本属物种遍布全世界，就单单是英伦三岛就已经可找到45个物种，而每天均会有新物种的新闻。
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球果尺蛾属
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| Eupithecia innotata
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科学分类 
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| 界：
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动物界 Animalia
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| 门：
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节肢动物门 Arthropoda
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| 纲：
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昆虫纲 Insecta
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| 目：
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鳞翅目 Lepidoptera
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| 科：
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尺蛾科 Geometridae
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| 属：
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球果尺蛾属 Eupithecia
Curtis, 1825
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| 异名
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- Arcyonia Hübner, 1825
- Bohatschia Schütze, 1960
- Catarina Vojnits & De Laever, 1973
- Delaeveria Schütze, 1961
- Dietzea Schütze, 1956
- Dochephora Warren, 1895
- Dolichopyge Warren, 1900
- Dyscymatoge Hübner, 1825
- Epicaste Gumppenberg, 1887
- Eucymatoge Hübner, [1825]
- Euphitecia Carnelutti & Michieli, 1958
- Eurypeplodes Warren, 1893
- Heteropithecia Vojnits, 1985
- Hypepirritis Hübner, [1825]
- Lamelluncia Mironov, 1990
- Lepiodes Guenée, 1858
- Leucocora Hübner, 1825
- Mnesiloba Warren, 1901
- Neopithecia Vojnits, 1985
- Pena Walker, 1863
- Petersenia Schütze, 1958
- Phaulostathma Warren, 1900
- Propithecia Vojnits, 1985
- Sebastia Warren, 1895 (preocc. Kirby, 1892)
- Stenopla Warren, 1900
- Tarachia Hübner, 1825
- Tephroclystia Hübner, 1825
- Tephroclystis Meyrick, 1892
- Thysanoctena Warren, 1904
- Trichoclystis Warren, 1904
- Zygmena Boie, 1839
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本属物种的幼虫基本上都以植物的花和种子为食，而不是其叶片。有很多物种都专只吃一种植物。在夏威夷，部分本物种的幼虫（例如：E. orichloris, E. staurophragma, E. scoriodes）是一种肉食性动物，会假装是一条树枝，透过其背上敏感的细毛作感应，迅速把爬往其身上的昆虫捕获[1]。
- Eupithecia lavicaria Fuchs, 1902 (syn: Eupithecia lavicata Prout, 1914), described from Norway.
- Eupithecia minutana Treitschke
- Eupithecia robusta Dietze, 1910
- Chinery, Michael (1986). Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe (Reprinted 1991).
- Eupithecia at funet.fi （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
- Montgomery, S. L. Carnivorous caterpillars: the behavior, biogeography and conservation of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in the Hawaiian Islands. GeoJournal. 1983, 7 (6): 549–556. doi:10.1007/BF00218529.
- Skinner, Bernard (1984). Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles.
