Eupithecia nimbicolor
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. nimbicolor
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Eupithecia nimbicolor is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in North America 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
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia nimbicolor (Hulst 1896)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ "910366.00 – 7522 – Eupithecia nimbicolor – (Hulst, 1896)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2147: 1–23.
- ^ Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Page - Eupithecia nimbicolor". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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