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 Geometridae family. It is found in Colorado, Arizona and California.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark smoky grey 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.

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