Biology:Eupithecia nimbicolor

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Short description: Species of moth

Eupithecia nimbicolor
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. nimbicolor
Binomial name
Eupithecia nimbicolor
(Hulst, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia nimbicolor Hulst, 1896
  • Eupithecia adornata Taylor, 1906
  • Eupithecia inclarata Cassino & Swett, 1924
  • Eupithecia incresata Pearsall, 1910
  • Tephroclystia obscurior Hulst, 1896

Eupithecia nimbicolor is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896.[1][2] It is found in North America from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador to western British Columbia and from Alaska to Arizona.[3]

The wingspan is 17–23 mm. Adults are grey and yellow or orange brown suffused. Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-July in the north.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Achillea and Castilleja species and the foliage of Salix, Rosa, Potentilla fruticosa and Ribes species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia nimbicolor (Hulst 1896)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82857669. 
  2. ↑ "910366.00 – 7522 – Eupithecia nimbicolor – (Hulst, 1896)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7522. Retrieved May 2, 2019. 
  3. ↑ Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". American Museum Novitates (2147): 1–23. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/3389/N2147.pdf?sequence=1. 
  4. ↑ Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details: Eupithecia nimbicolor". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-6172. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13553342 entry




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