Eupithecia monticolens Butler, 1881 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Eupithecia monticolens Butler, 1881
Eupithecia monticolens is an endemic Hawaiian moth of the Geometridae family whose larvae feed on multiple native plant species.
Eupithecia monticolens is a moth species that belongs to the Geometridae family. It was first formally described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. This species is endemic to the United States, where it occurs only on the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, and Hawaii. In terms of its ecology, the caterpillar larvae of Eupithecia monticolens feed on Alphitonia ponderosa, Metrosideros, Pipturus, Railliardia, and Styphelia tameiameiae.
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Plagodis kuetzingi (Grote, 1876)
Euchlaena madusaria (Walker, 1860)
Eupithecia tripunctaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905)
Biston betularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oxymacaria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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