Eupithecia niphoreas

Eupithecia niphoreas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Eupithecia
Species: E. niphoreas
Binomial name
Eupithecia niphoreas
(Meyrick, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucymatoge niphoreas Meyrick, 1899

Eupithecia niphoreas is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

It is a bright-colored species with conspicuous orange or reddish scaling. The head is bicolored, with the face black and reddish scaled and the area behind the antennae white.

References

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.


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