Biology:Eupithecia niveifascia

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Short description: Species of moth

Eupithecia niveifascia
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. niveifascia
Binomial name
Eupithecia niveifascia
(Hulst, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia niveifascia Hulst, 1898
  • Tephroclystia analis Dyar, 1918
  • Eupithecia perbrunneata Taylor, 1906

Eupithecia niveifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898.[1][2] It is found in North America from south-western Alberta west to Vancouver Island, north to northern coastal British Columbia and south to New Mexico.[3]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are pale cream with darker yellow-brown and light grey parallel crosslines. The hindwings are white or cream with yellow-brown markings on the lower half and with dark discal bars.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from the end of May to mid-July.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13539725 entry