Eupithecia unicolor

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| genus = Eupithecia

| species = unicolor

| authority = (Hulst, 1896){{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82839197 |title=Eupithecia unicolor (Hulst 1896) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324232756/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82839197 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7472 mothphotographersgroup]

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  • Tephroclystia unicolor Hulst, 1896
  • Eupithecia cenataria Cassino & Swett, 1922

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Eupithecia unicolor is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from British Columbia south to California.

The wingspan is about 21 mm.[http://bugguide.net/node/view/204534 Bug Guide] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to November.

The larvae feed on Juniperus scopulorum, Thuja plicata and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis. Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 20 mm. Larvae can be found from April to May and pupation occurs in June. The species overwinters as a mid-instar larva.[http://tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca/insects/factsheet/1000015 Natural Resources Canada]

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Category:Moths described in 1896

unicolor

Category:Moths of North America

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