Eupithecia nimbicolor

Eupithecia nimbicolor is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896.^[1][2] It is found in North America from eastern Newfoundland and Labrador to western British Columbia and from Alaska to Arizona.^[3]

Eupithecia nimbicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. nimbicolor
Binomial name
Eupithecia nimbicolor (Hulst, 1896)
Synonyms
Tephroclystia nimbicolor Hulst, 1896 Eupithecia adornata Taylor, 1906 Eupithecia inclarata Cassino & Swett, 1924 Eupithecia incresata Pearsall, 1910 Tephroclystia obscurior Hulst, 1896

The wingspan is 17–23 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-July in the north.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Achillea and Castilleja species and the foliage of Salix, Rosa, Potentilla fruticosa and Ribes species.^[4]