| Eupithecia briseis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. briseis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupithecia briseis | |
Eupithecia briseis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Costa Rica. [2]
Briseis, also known as Hippodameia, is a significant character in the Iliad. Her role as a status symbol is at the heart of the dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon that initiates the plot of Homer's epic. She was married to Mynes, a son of the King of Lyrnessus, until the Achaeans sacked her city and was given to Achilles shortly before the events of the poem. Being forced to give Briseis to Agamemnon, Achilles refused to reenter the battle.
Eupithecia is the largest genus of moths of the family Geometridae, and the namesake and type genus of tribe Eupitheciini. Species in the genus are, like those of other genera in the tribe, commonly known as pugs. The genus is highly speciose, with over 1400 species, and members of the genus are present in most of the world with exception of Australasia. Roughly a quarter of described Eupithecia species occur in the Neotropical realm, where they have an especially high species diversity in the montane rain forests of the Andes. The genus includes a few agricultural pest species, such as the currant pug moth, Eupithecia assimilata, which is a pest on hops, and the cloaked pug moth, Eupithecia abietaria, which is a cone pest in spruce seed orchards.
The juniper pug or juniper looper is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found throughout the Palearctic and in the Nearctic.
Catocala briseis, the Briseis underwing or ribbed underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. It is found across the North American Boreal forest region from Newfoundland to the Pacific, south to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Achilles and Briseis is an Ancient Roman painting from the 1st-century AD, depicting tableaux from the Iliad relating to the gifting of Briseis to Achilles found in the House of the Tragic Poet Pompeii, Italy. The image is painted in distemper, similar to coloured white-washing and intermediary between fresco and paint. It was at one time moved to the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
Eupithecia satyrata, the satyr pug, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found from Ireland, through northern and central Europe east to all of Russia and central Asia and western Siberia to Tibet. It is also present in North Africa and North America.
Eupithecia pernotata, or Guenée's pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is known from the Alps, through Romania to southern Russia. It is also found in Finland.
Eupithecia niveifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1898. It is found in North America from south-western Alberta west to Vancouver Island, north to northern coastal British Columbia and south to New Mexico.
Eupithecia subbrunneata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in China and Russia.
Eupithecia duena is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
Eupithecia infimbriata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Peru.
Eupithecia interrubrescens is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Tibet.
Eupithecia irambata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India (Sikkim).
Eupithecia junctifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Colombia and Costa Rica.
Eupithecia lacteolata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Russia and Turkey.
Eupithecia leucographata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Mexico.
Eupithecia mediobrunnea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Mexico.
Eupithecia mejala is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru.
Eupithecia muscula is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Mexico.
Eupithecia virescens is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Brazil.
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