Eupithecia nimbicolor

Eupithecia nimbicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Eupithecia
Species: E. nimbicolor
Binomial name
Eupithecia nimbicolor
(Hulst, 1896)[1][2]
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. It is found 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. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Rindge, F.H., 1963: Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum Novitates 2147: 1-23. Full article: .
  4. ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum


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