Eupithecia pediba

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Eupithecia pediba
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. pediba
Binomial name
Eupithecia pediba
Vojnits, 1981
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Eupithecia epileptica Vojnits, 1984
  • Eupithecia acuminata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004 [3]

Eupithecia pediba is a moth in the family Geometridae. [1] [2] It is found in eastern Tibet (Sichuan), [2] [4] and Yunnan, China. [2] It occurs at a high altitude, between 4000 and 5000 meters above sea level, and is on wing from mid-June to mid-July. [2]

The wingspan of females, based on the now-synonymized Eupithecia acuminata, is about 21 mm (0.83 in). [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eupithecia pediba Vojnits, 1981". Geometric Moths of the World. Forum Herbulot. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Mironov, Vladimir & Galsworthy, Sir Anthony Charles (1 November 2013). The Eupithecia of China: A Revision. Brill. pp. xvi, 182–183. ISBN   978-90-04-25453-4 . Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Mironov, V.; Galsworthy, A. C. & Xue, D. (2004). "New species of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China, part III". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 55 (3): 225–242. doi: 10.18984/lepid.55.3_225 . (Internat Archive)
  4. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Eupithecia pediba​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 3, 2018.


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