Eupithecia jezonica

Eupithecia jezonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. jezonica
Binomial name
Eupithecia jezonica
Matsumura, 1927[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia viidaleppi Vojnits, 1981
  • Eupithecia catosophia Inoue, 1988

Eupithecia jezonica is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Asia, including India and Nepal.[3] It has also been recorded from Kazakhstan, the Russian Far East[4] and Korea,[5] Japan and Taiwan.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are coppery brown, although at the base (except the costa) and in the cell whitish, scattered with black scales. The hindwings have about six obsolete fuscous bands.[6]

References

  1. ↑ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  2. ↑ Taxapad
  3. ↑ Mironov, V.G. & A.C. Galsworthy, 2010: Further notes on Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Nepal and the Indian subcontinent. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 61 (2): 137-172. Abstract:
  4. ↑ Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
  5. ↑ Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Gometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea(I)
  6. ↑ Geometrid-Moths collected on Mt. Daisetsu, with descriptions of new species
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