Eupithecia gilvipennata

Eupithecia gilvipennata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. gilvipennata
Binomial name
Eupithecia gilvipennata Cassino & Swett, 1922[1][2]
Synonyms
Eupithecia scabrogata f. gilvipennata Cassino & Swett, 1922

Eupithecia gilvipennata is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found along the Pacific coast from British Columbia, through Colorado to California and Arizona.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are largely black brown with indications of ochreous shading around a small discal dot and at the apex of the wing. The hindwings are dirty white with broad blackish shading along the outer and inner margins.^[3] Adults are on wing very early in spring, from late February to early March in central California and from late April to early May farther north.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Arbutus pungens.^[4] They are cryptically patterned and coloured to match the flowers of their host plant.

References

1. Taxapad
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia, James H. McDunnough, 1949
4. Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)