Biology:Eupithecia alexiae

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Eupithecia alexiae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. alexiae
Binomial name
Eupithecia alexiae
Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008[1][2]

Eupithecia alexiae is a moth in the family Geometridae.[2] It is known from Gulmarg, Kashmir (India).[1] It is named after granddaughter of one of the authors.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm (holotype, a male). The fore- and hindwings are warm brown.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mironov, V. G.; Galsworthy, A. C.; Ratzel, U. (2008). "A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part II". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (2): 117–143 [122]. doi:10.18984/lepid.59.2_117. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/lepid/59/2/59_KJ00005153165/_article. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Eupithecia alexiae Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/7425. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15642485 entry