''Eupithecia cretata'' 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 first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in the US state of

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

. The forewings are pale. There is a broad, smoky brown terminal band on both wings.

References

Moths described in 1896 cretata Moths of North America {{Eupithecia-stub