Eupithecia abdera is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is known from Ecuador,[2] where the holotype, an adult male specimen, was collected at an altitude of 3400 m.[3]

Eupithecia abdera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. abdera
Binomial name
Eupithecia abdera

The holotype was DNA sequenced as part of a study involving 3846 geometrid type specimens, and has been included in the Barcode of Life Data System as part of the dataset DS-GEOTYPES.[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia abdera Herbulot 1987". 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 abdera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "Eupithecia abdera | DNA-Barcoding". SNSB–Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. ^ Hausmann, Axel; Miller, Scott E.; Holloway, Jeremy D.; deWaard, Jeremy R.; Pollock, David; Prosser, Sean W.J.; Hebert, Paul D.N. (September 2016). "Calibrating the taxonomy of a megadiverse insect family: 3000 DNA barcodes from geometrid type specimens (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". Genome. 59 (9). Supplementary material. doi:10.1139/gen-2015-0197. hdl:1807/73475. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Specimen Record". boldsystems.org. Retrieved 21 January 2023.