Eupithecia nimbicolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eupithecia |
Species: | E. nimbicolor
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Binomial name | |
Eupithecia nimbicolor (Hulst, 1896)
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Eupithecia nimbicolor is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896.[1][2] 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]