Eupithecia niphoreas

Eupithecia niphoreas is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Eupithecia niphoreas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. niphoreas
Binomial name
Eupithecia niphoreas
(Meyrick, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucymatoge niphoreas Meyrick, 1899

It is a bright-colored species with conspicuous orange or reddish scaling. The head is bicolored, with the face black and reddish scaled and the area behind the antennae white.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia niphoreas (Meyrick 1899)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.


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