Eupithecia coetulata

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Eupithecia coetulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. coetulata
Binomial name
Eupithecia coetulata
Prout, 1916 [1]

Eupithecia coetulata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Peru. [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Peru Republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

The wingspan is 24 mm for males and 28 mm for females. The forewings rather glossy white, with mostly weak fuscous irroration. The markings are fuscous mixed with black. The hindwings are white, with about seven lines of more or less confluent spots. [3]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia coetulata Prout 1916". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eupithecia coetulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. New neotropical Geometridae