Eupithecia naumanni

Eupithecia naumanni is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Vladimir G. Mironov and Ulrich Ratzel in 2012. It is found in eastern Afghanistan.[2]

Eupithecia naumanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. naumanni
Binomial name
Eupithecia naumanni
Mironov & Ratzel, 2012[1]

The wingspan is 20.5–25 mm. The forewings and hindwings are brownish grey.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of the German zoologist and lepidopterologist Prof. Dr. Clas Naumann, the former director of the Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, Germany.

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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, Vladimir & Ratzel, Ulrich (2012). "Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Nota lepidopterologica. 35 (2): 197-231. Archived from the original August 11, 2014.


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