Eupithecia niveifascia

Eupithecia niveifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Eupithecia
Species: E. niveifascia
Binomial name
Eupithecia niveifascia
(Hulst, 1898)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia niveifascia Hulst, 1898
  • Tephroclystia analis Dyar, 1918
  • Eupithecia perbrunneata Taylor, 1906

Eupithecia niveifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found 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 cross lines. 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

  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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