Eupithecia cretata explained

Eupithecia cretata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in the US state of Colorado.

The forewings are pale. There is a broad, smoky brown terminal band on both wings.^[1]

Notes and References

1. McDunnough . James H. . James Halliday McDunnough . 1949 . Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 93 . 533–728 . 2013-03-20 . 2013-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195738/http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/leprefs/B093a08.pdf . dead .