Eupithecia columbiata

Eupithecia columbiata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904.^[1][2] It is found in North America from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador to Vancouver Island, south to North Carolina in the east and Colorado in the west.

Eupithecia columbiata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. columbiata
Binomial name
Eupithecia columbiata (Dyar, 1904)
Synonyms
Tephroclystia columbiata Dyar, 1904 Eupithecia erpata Pearsall, 1908 Eupithecia holbergata MacKay, 1951

The wingspan is 13–24 mm. Adults are on wing in spring, from mid April to mid June in Alberta.

The larvae feed on Rhamnus purshiana, Betula papyrifera, Salix, Prunus, Alnus, Cornus, Philadelphus, Ceanothus, Populus, Amelanchier and Acer species.^[3]