Eupithecia scabrogata explained

Eupithecia scabrogata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Pearsall in 1912. It is found in western North America from British Columbia to California and Arizona.

The wingspan is about 19 mm.^[1] Adults have been recorded on wing from November to March and in May, possibly representing a second generation.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Arbutus pungens.^[2]

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 . 2013-03-22 . 2013-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195738/http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/leprefs/B093a08.pdf . dead .
2. Ferris . Clifford D. . 2004 . Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini) . Zootaxa . 738 . 1–19 . 10.5281/zenodo.158660.