Eupithecia mekrana is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from the steppen chalk hills in the Orenburg province in south-eastern European Russia in the north to Saudi Arabia in the south. It is also found in the eastern provinces of Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Iran.[2]

Eupithecia mekrana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. mekrana
Binomial name
Eupithecia mekrana
Brandt, 1941[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia mekrana khorassana Brandt, 1941
  • Eupithecia idonea Vojnits, 1982
  • Eupithecia stulta Vojnits, 1982
  • Eupithecia commenticia Vojnits, 1982
  • Eupithecia mekrana amiralis Wiltshire, 1986
  • Eupithecia peridonea Mironov, 1989

References edit

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia mekrana Brandt 1941". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197-231. Full article: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).