Eupithecia niphoreas

Eupithecia niphoreas
Scientific classification
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

Eupithecia niphoreas is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to Kauai.

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

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