Eupithecia niveifascia

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)[1][2]
Synonyms
Tephroclystia niveifascia Hulst, 1898 Tephroclystia analis Dyar, 1918 Eupithecia perbrunneata Taylor, 1906

Eupithecia niveifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found 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 cross lines. 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. Taxapad
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. Rindge, F.H., 1963: Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum novitates 2147: 1-23. Full article: .
4. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum