Eupithecia vitreotata

Eupithecia vitreotata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. vitreotata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia vitreotata; Cassino, 1927[1][2]

Eupithecia vitreotata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Samuel E. Cassino in 1927. It is found in the US states of Colorado, Arizona and California.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark smoky gray with a very thin, upright, black discal streak. The hindwings are dull smoky, deepening outwardly, and with a minute discal dot.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from February to April.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia vitreotata Cassino 1927". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
"910394.00 – 7556 – Eupithecia vitreotata – Cassino, 1927". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia vitreotata Cassino 1927". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.

[2] "910394.00 – 7556 – Eupithecia vitreotata – Cassino, 1927". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 2019.

[3] McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728.