Eupithecia monticolens
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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. monticolens
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| Eupithecia monticolens Butler, 1881
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Description
[edit]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
[edit]The larvae feed on Alphitonia ponderosa, Metrosideros, Pipturus, Railliardia and Styphelia tameiameiae.
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia monticolens Butler 1881". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
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