Eupithecia gilvipennata

Eupithecia gilvipennata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Samuel E. Cassino and Louis W. Swett in 1922. It is found along the North American Pacific coast from British Columbia, through Colorado to California and Arizona.

Eupithecia gilvipennata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. gilvipennata
Binomial name
Eupithecia gilvipennata Cassino & Swett, 1922[1][2]
Synonyms
Eupithecia scabrogata f. gilvipennata Cassino & Swett, 1922

The wingspan is about 25 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing very early in spring, from late February to early March in central California and from late April to early May farther north.

The larvae feed on the flowers and fruits of Arctostaphylos species, including A. pungens,^[4] A. manzanita, and A. viscida ^[5]