Eupithecia mutata

Eupithecia mutata, the spruce cone looper or cloaked pug, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Pearsall in 1908. It is found in the northern Atlantic and New England states in North America. In Canada, the range extends from Nova Scotia to northern Ontario.^[3]

Eupithecia mutata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. mutata
Binomial name
Eupithecia mutata Pearsall, 1908[1][2]
Synonyms
Eupithecia columbrata McDunnough, 1940

The wingspan is 17–22 mm.

The larvae feed on seeds within the cones of spruce species.^[4]