Eupithecia spermaphaga is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in western North America from British Columbia, through Oregon and Washington to Nevada and California.
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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. spermaphaga
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The wingspan is about 23–26 mm. There is a gray tint to the ground color. Adults have been recorded on wing in March, April, July, August, September and October.
The larvae bore the cones of various trees, including Abies concolor, Abies shastaensis and Pseudotsuga taxifolia.[3]
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia spermaphaga (Dyar 1917)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ "910418.00 – 7578 – Eupithecia spermaphaga – (Dyar, 1917)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
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