Eupithecia niphoreas
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Eupithecia niphoreas is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is endemic to Kauai
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It is a bright-colored species with conspicuous orange or reddish scaling is. The head is bicolored, with the face black and reddish scaled and the area behind the antennae white.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is endemic to Kauai
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
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It is a bright-colored species with conspicuous orange or reddish scaling is. The head is bicolored, with the face black and reddish scaled and the area behind the antennae white.