Eupithecia stellata

Eupithecia stellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. stellata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia stellata; (Hulst, 1896)[1][2]
Synonyms
	Tephroclystia stellata Hulst, 1896;

Eupithecia stellata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from central Manitoba to northern Alberta and south to California and Mexico.^[3]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults have mottled brown-pink forewings crossed by irregular black basal and median bands. The hindwings are paler than the forewings and have dark grey-pink shading along the outer margin. There are two generations with adults on wing in early June and again from late July to the beginning of September.^[4]

References

↑ Taxapad
↑ mothphotographersgroup
↑ Rindge, F.H., 1963: Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum Novitates 2147: 1-23. Full article: .
↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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[1] Taxapad

[2] thphotographersgroup

[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