Eupithecia monticolensDescriptionEupithecia monticolens is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to the USA in the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii.EcologyThe larvae feed on Alphitonia ponderosa, Metrosideros, Pipturus, Railliardia and Styphelia tameiameiae.EtymologyThe species name has sometimes been mis-written monticolans, but the suffix is correctly a Third-declension participle for "inhabiting" as per the original spelling.