Biology:Eupithecia particeps

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Short description: Species of moth

Eupithecia particeps
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. particeps
Binomial name
Eupithecia particeps
Vojnits, 1988[1]
Synonyms[1]

Eupithecia orba Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004[2]

Eupithecia particeps is a moth in the family Geometridae.[1] It is found in Nepal, Pakistan,[3] and Tibet (China).[2]

Taxonomy

It was formerly listed as a synonym of Eupithecia lobbichlerata, but reinstated as a species in 2008.[3]

Description

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The fore- and hindwings are pale buff.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Eupithecia particeps Vojnits, 1988". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/8188. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mironov, V.; Galsworthy, A. C.; Xue, D. (2004). "New species of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China, part IV". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 55 (4): 285–300 [287]. doi:10.18984/lepid.55.4_285. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/lepid/55/4/55_KJ00006420289/_article. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 [138]. doi:10.18984/lepid.59.2_117. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/lepid/59/2/59_KJ00005153165/_article. 

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