Eupithecia monticolens

Eupithecia monticolens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. monticolens
Binomial name
Eupithecia monticolens
Butler, 1881
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia monticolens Butler, 1881[1]

Description

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Eupithecia monticolens is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.[1][2] It is endemic to the USA in the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii.

 
 

Ecology

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The larvae feed on Alphitonia ponderosa, Metrosideros, Pipturus, Railliardia and Styphelia tameiameiae.

Etymology

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The species name has sometimes been mis-written monticolans, but the suffix is correctly a Third-declension participle -colens for "inhabiting" as per the original spelling.

References

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  1. ^ a b Butler, A. (1881). "On a collection of nocturnal Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (7): 317–333. ISSN 0374-5481.
  2. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia monticolens Butler 1881". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
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