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Eupithecia fennoscandica Knaben 1949

Description

Eupithecia fennoscandica Knaben, 1949

Eupithecia fennoscandica Knaben, 1949, Entomologisk Tidskrift 70 (1–2): 78, pl. 1, figs 1–4, 8; figs 1: A–D; 2: A–D, F. Holotype ♀ (not traced), [Finland]: [Lapland], Saana [= Kilpisjarvi, Saanatunturi].

Misidentifications: Eupithecia undata: sensu Grönblom, 1936; Vojnits, 1975, 1977 (nec Freyer, 1842); Eupithecia pygmaeata: sensu Vojnits, 1977 (nec Hübner, [1799]).

Unavailable name (incorrect subsequent spelling): fennoscandia: Weigt (1990).

This species was recorded for Southern Siberia (Altai and Sajan Mts.) and Mongolia by Dietze (1913, incl. Taf. 85, figs 903, 904) and Vojnits (1975, 1977) as E. undata Freyer and E. pygmaeata Hübner. Subsequently, it was recorded as E. fennoscandica in Viidalepp & Soljanikov (1977), Vojnits (1981) and Mironov (1989a). Viidalepp (1974) rightly mentioned that the male genitalia of all species of this group, such as E. undata Freyer, E. fennoscandica Knaben, E. leptogrammata Staudinger (= E. melanochroa Wehrli), and E. lafontaineata, the sole north American representative of the group, are very similar to each other and only the female genitalia have very good characteristic features. Mongolia (aimags): Arkhangai, Bulgan, Govi-Altai, Khovd, Khuvsgul, Tuv, Umnugovi, Zavkhan.

Notes

Published as part of Mironov, Vladimir & Galsworthy, Anthony, 2014, A survey of Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Mongolia with descriptions of two new species, pp. 101-130 in Zootaxa 3774 (2) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/231500

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Knaben
Species
fennoscandica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eupithecia fennoscandica Knaben, 1949 sec. Mironov & Galsworthy, 2014

References

  • Vojnits, A. M. (1975) Geometridae: Eupithecini II. (Lepidoptera). Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 21 (3 - 4), 447 - 453.
  • Vojnits, A. M. (1977) Geometridae Eupitheciini III. (Lepidoptera). Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 23 (3 - 4), 461 - 485.
  • Dietze, K. (1913) Biologie der Eupithecien. II. Berlin, 173 S., 86 Taf.
  • Viidalepp, J. & Soljanikov, V. P. (1977) On the geometrid moths of the northern part of the Mongolian People's Republic. Insects of Mongolia, 5, 620 - 641. [in Russian]
  • Vojnits, A. M. (1981) Data to the Eupithecia fauna of Asia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Studies on Palaearctic Eupithecia species XV]. Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 73, 221 - 237.
  • Mironov, V. G. (1989 a) Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from Southern Siberia, with description of a new species. Annales entomologici Fennici, 55, 145 - 152.
  • Viidalepp, J. (1974) Die Eupithecia - Arten aus Sibirien in der Sammlung der Staats-Universitat zu Tartu (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Tartu Riikliku Ulikooli Toimetised 327. Zooloogia-alaseid toid, 8, 86 - 93. [in Russian]