Eupithecia rhodopyra

Eupithecia rhodopyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. rhodopyra
Binomial name
Eupithecia rhodopyra
(Meyrick, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eucymatoge rhodopyra Meyrick, 1899

Eupithecia rhodopyra is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to Kauai.

The dull reddish coloration and the form and angulation of the medial bands of both pairs of wings are characteristic and unlike any other species in Hawaii.

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