- Scientific name: Eupithecia olivacea (Taylor)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Geometridae
Distribution
- British Columbia
Damage, symptoms and biology
Eupithecia olivacea is a common innocuous solitary defoliator..Mature larva up to 20 mm long. Head, brown unmarked. Body, brown with dark brown middorsal stripe; half-arrowhead pattern along subdorsal line; yellowish white along lateral flange..
This species overwinters in the pupal stage. Adults emerge from early March to April, larvae are present from April to June, and pupation occurs from late June to July.
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Diet and feeding behaviour
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Phyllophagous:
Feeds on the leaves of plants.
- Free-living defoliator: Feeds on and moves about freely on foliage.
Information on host(s)
Eupithecia olivacea is only known from Douglas-fir.Main host(s)
- Amabilis fir
- Black hawthorn
- Grand fir
- Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir
- Sitka spruce
- Subalpine fir
- Western hemlock
Photos
Dion Manastyrski Centre de foresterie du Pacifique, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique) / Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia
Dion Manastyrski Centre de foresterie du Pacifique, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique) / Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia