Eupithecia pyreneata

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| genus = Eupithecia

| species = pyreneata

| authority = Mabille, 1871{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856733 |title=Eupithecia pyreneata Mabille 1871 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324231117/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82856733 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}

| synonyms =

• Eupithecia digitaliaria Dietze, 1872

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Eupithecia pyreneata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in southern and central Europe.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160206123403/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=444760 Fauna Europaea]

The wingspan is 17–18 mm.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Eupithecia_Pyreneata Lepiforum.de] There usually is one generation with adults on wing from June to July. In southern Europe, a partial second generation may occur.

The larvae fee don Digitalis lutea and Digitalis grandiflora. Larvae can be found from the end of June to August. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[http://www.pyrgus.de/Eupithecia_pyreneata.html Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie]