Eupithecia signigera

Eupithecia signigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. signigera
Binomial name
	Eupithecia signigera; Butler, 1879[1]
Synonyms
	Eupithecia carearia Leech, 1897;

Eupithecia signigera is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Japan and Korea.

The wingspan is about 17–19 mm. The ground colour of the fore- and hindwings is reddish brown. Adults are on wing from March to May in one generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Abelia spathula, Symplocos chinensis, Pieris japonica, Rhododendron kaempferi and Euonymus alata.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia signigera Butler 1879". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
"Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Gometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea(I)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-08-12.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia signigera Butler 1879". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

[2] "Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Gometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea(I)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-08-12.