Eupithecia niveifascia

Eupithecia niveifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898.[1][2] 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]

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

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

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia niveifascia (Hulst 1898)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910405.00 – 7566 – Eupithecia niveifascia – (Hulst, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  3. Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2147: 1–23.
  4. Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details: Eupithecia niveifascia". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.


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