Eupithecia niveifascia
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. niveifascia
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Eupithecia niveifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898. It is found in North America 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 crosslines. 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
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia niveifascia (Hulst 1898)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ "910405.00 – 7566 – Eupithecia niveifascia – (Hulst, 1898)". 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 niveifascia". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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