Eupithecia fennoscandica

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Eupithecia fennoscandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. fennoscandica
Binomial name
Eupithecia fennoscandica
Knaben, 1949[1][2]

Eupithecia fennoscandica is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from northern Fennoscandia and adjacent Russia, Siberia and northern Mongolia.

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing in July.

The larvae feed on Viscaria alpina. Larvae can be found from mid July to mid August. It overwinters as a pupa.

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