Eupithecia monticolens explained

Description

Eupithecia monticolens is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.[1] It is endemic to the USA in the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii.

Ecology

The larvae feed on Alphitonia ponderosa, Metrosideros, Pipturus, Railliardia and Styphelia tameiameiae.

Etymology

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yu . Dicky Sick Ki . Eupithecia monticolens Butler 1881 . Home of Ichneumonoidea . Taxapad . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003631/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82873156 . July 23, 2018 . July 22, 2018.