Eupithecia repentina is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to eastern Russia, Korea, China and Japan.[2]

Eupithecia repentina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. repentina
Binomial name
Eupithecia repentina
Vojnits & de Laever, 1978[1]

The species was introduced with its foodplant (Mosla dianthera) to a small park in Novomoskovsk (Tula Province, Russia) between 1950 and 1990. This small area now supports a small population of the species.[3]

The wingspan is about 19–21 mm.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia repentina Vojnits & Laever 1978". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ lepiforum.de
  4. ^ "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.