Eupithecia infestata

Eupithecia infestata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1890.[1] It is found in the hills of southern India.[2]

Eupithecia infestata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. infestata
Binomial name
Eupithecia infestata

The wingspan is about 21 mm. Adults are rather uniformly dark reddish brown.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia infestata Swinhoe 1890". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Mironov, V. G. & Galsworthy, A. C. (2010). "Further notes on Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Nepal and the Indian subcontinent". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 61 (2): 137-172.


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