''Eupithecia cocoata'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Geometridae. It is found in

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, with records from

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

and

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

. The length of the forewings is 11 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is grey with some faint, brown, wavy, thin lines. The ground color of the hindwings is grey with brown, wavy, thicker lines.Descriptions of a New Species of Eupithecia and the male of E. cocoata Pearsall (Geometridae)
/ref> Adults have been recorded on wing in May and July.

References

Moths described in 1908 cocoata Moths of North America {{Eupithecia-stub