Eupithecia columbiata

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Eupithecia columbiata
File:Eupithecia columbiata.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. columbiata
Binomial name
Eupithecia columbiata
(Dyar, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Tephroclystia columbiata Dyar, 1904
  • Eupithecia erpata Pearsall, 1908
  • Eupithecia holbergata MacKay, 1951

Eupithecia columbiata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904.[1][2] It is found in North America from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador to Vancouver Island, south to North Carolina in the east and Colorado in the west.

The wingspan is 13–24 mm. Adults are on wing in spring, from mid April to mid June in Alberta.

The larvae feed on Rhamnus purshiana, Betula papyrifera, Salix, Prunus, Alnus, Cornus, Philadelphus, Ceanothus, Populus, Amelanchier and Acer species.[3]

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