Eupithecia jezonica is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Asia, including India and Nepal.[3] It has also been recorded from Kazakhstan, the Russian Far East[4] and Korea,[5] Japan and Taiwan.

Eupithecia jezonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. jezonica
Binomial name
Eupithecia jezonica
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia viidaleppi Vojnits, 1981
  • Eupithecia catosophia Inoue, 1988

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are coppery brown, although at the base (except the costa) and in the cell whitish, scattered with black scales. The hindwings have about six obsolete fuscous bands.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  2. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia jezonica Matsumura 1927". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Mironov, V.G. & A.C. Galsworthy, 2010: Further notes on Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Nepal and the Indian subcontinent. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 61 (2): 137-172. Abstract: [1]
  4. ^ Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
  5. ^ "Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Gometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea(I)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  6. ^ Geometrid-Moths collected on Mt. Daisetsu, with descriptions of new species