Eupithecia saphenes

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

Last updated June 13, 2019

Eupithecia saphenes is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Venezuela.

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.

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and a large number of small islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km². The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba, an area of 159,542 km². For its maritime areas, Venezuela exercises sovereignty over 71,295 km² of territorial waters, 22,224 km² in its contiguous zone, 471,507 km² of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean under the concept of exclusive economic zone, and 99,889 km² of continental shelf. This marine area borders those of 13 states. The country has extremely high biodiversity and is ranked seventh in the world's list of nations with the most number of species. There are habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon basin rain-forest in the south via extensive llanos plains, the Caribbean coast and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.

The wingspan is about 20 mm for females. The forewings are tinged with reddish.^[2]

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References

↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia saphenes Prout 1916". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
↑ New neotropical Geometridae

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia saphenes Prout 1916". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

[2] New neotropical Geometridae