Eupithecia ericeata

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| genus = Eupithecia

| species = ericeata

| authority = (Rambur, 1833){{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856801 |title=Eupithecia ericeata (Rambur 1833) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325030213/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856801 |archive-date=March 25, 2016}}

| synonyms =

• Larentia ericeata Rambur, 1833
• Eupithecia millierata Staudinger, 1871
• Eupithecia euxinata Bohatsch, 1893

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Eupithecia ericeata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1833. It is found in most of southern Europe and the Near East.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222312/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444809 Fauna Europaea]

The wingspan is about 17–19 mm.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_ericeata Lepiforum e.V.][http://www.soceurlep.eu/tl_files/nota/bd35_1/04_Mironov%20&%20Ratzel.pdf New species of Eupithecia Curtis (Geometridae: Larentiinae) from Syria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155341/http://www.soceurlep.eu/tl_files/nota/bd35_1/04_Mironov%20%26%20Ratzel.pdf |date=2014-07-14 }}

The larvae feed on Erica, Juniperus and Cytisus species.[http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/EupitErice.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa]