Eupithecia niveifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898.[1][2] It is found in North America from south-western Alberta west to Vancouver Island, north to northern coastal British Columbia and south to New Mexico.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. niveifascia
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| Eupithecia niveifascia (Hulst, 1898)
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The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are pale cream with darker yellow-brown and light grey parallel crosslines. The hindwings are white or cream with yellow-brown markings on the lower half and with dark discal bars.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from the end of May to mid-July.
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia niveifascia (Hulst 1898)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ "910405.00 – 7566 – Eupithecia niveifascia – (Hulst, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ Rindge, Frederick H. (July 25, 1963). "Notes on and descriptions of North American Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2147): 1–23.
- ^ Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details: Eupithecia niveifascia". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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