Eupithecia phaeocausta
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Eupithecia phaeocausta is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is endemic to Molokai
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It is a small, dark, narrow-winged, obscurely marked species.
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 Molokai
Molokai
Molokai or Molokai is an island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It is 38 by 10 miles in size with a land area of , making it the fifth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States. It lies east of Oahu across the 25-mile wide Kaiwi Channel and north of...
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It is a small, dark, narrow-winged, obscurely marked species.