Eupithecia nimbicolor

Eupithecia nimbicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. nimbicolor
Binomial name
	Eupithecia nimbicolor; (Hulst, 1896)
Synonyms
	Tephroclystia nimbicolor Hulst, 1896; Eupithecia adornata Taylor, 1906; Eupithecia inclarata Cassino & Swett, 1924; Eupithecia incresata Pearsall, 1910; Tephroclystia obscurior Hulst, 1896;

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]

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The wingspan is 17–23 mm. 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]

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