Eupithecia acidalioides

Eupithecia acidalioides is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Trinidad and French Guiana.[2]

Eupithecia acidalioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. acidalioides
Binomial name
Eupithecia acidalioides
(Kaye, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Psaliodes acidalioides Kaye, 1901

It was first described[lower-alpha 1] in 1901 by William James Kaye in his preliminary catalogue of the moths of Trinidad. He described the species as having brownish cream wings, detailed a number of black and blackish markings, and listed a wingspan of 15 mm.[3]

References

  1. as Psaliodes acidalioides
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia acidalioides (Kaye 1901)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "Eupithecia acidalioides (Kaye, 1901)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019.
  3. Kaye, William James (1901). "Preliminary Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Heterocera of Trinidad". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 148–149. Retrieved 21 January 2023.


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