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Eupithecia rubellata Dietze 1904

Description

Eupithecia rubellata Dietze, 1904

Eupithecia rubellata Dietze, 1904, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903] 16 (2): 337, taf. 3, figs 3–5. Syntypes 3♂, 10♀ (coll. O. Staudinger and R. Püngeler in MNHU, examined). Central Asia [China]: Korla, Sinin, Aksu, Chines. West Turkestan.

Eupithecia invenusta Vojnits, 1977, Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 23 (3–4): 472, figs 9, 11. Holotype ♂ (TTM, examined), Mongolia: Gobi Altaj aimak, Chasat chajrchan ul Mts. (20 km S of Somon Zargalant) (synonymised in Mironov, 1990).

A handsome variable species, which is impossible to confuse with any other, and which occurs widely in Central Asia from the Ladakh Range and Tibet (Mironov et al., 2008a) to Mongolia. It was first added to the fauna of Mongolia as E. invenusta Vojnits. The male and female genitalia of this species were described and illustrated in de Laever (1960). Mongolia: Govi-Altai aimag.

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 103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/231500

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dietze
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Species
rubellata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eupithecia rubellata Dietze, 1904 sec. Mironov & Galsworthy, 2014

References

  • Dietze, K. (1904) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Eupithecien. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung, Iris [1903], 16 (2), 331 - 387, pls. III - V.
  • Vojnits, A. M. (1977) Geometridae Eupitheciini III. (Lepidoptera). Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 23 (3 - 4), 461 - 485.
  • Mironov, V. G., Galsworthy, A. C. & Ratzel, U. (2008 a) A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part I. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 59 (1), 55 - 77.
  • Laever, E. de. (1960) Etudes sur le genre Eupithecia Curtis. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 11 (1), 114 - 123, pls. v - vii.