Eupithecia exicterata

Eupithecia exicterata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Afghanistan and the western Himalayas (Pakistan and India).[2]

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

The wingspan is about 21–25 mm. The forewings are brownish grey with an oblique rusty medial area. The hindwings are dark brownish grey.[3]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia Curtis 1825". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018.
  2. Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197-231. Full article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-08-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).
  3. Mironov, V.G. ,A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 3, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (3): 201-224.


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