Eupithecia lasciva

Eupithecia lasciva is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in China,[3] where it is known from Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan.[2] In Yunnan, specimens have been collected at altitudes up to ca. 4500 meters.[2] Adults are on wing in April, and again from mid-June to mid-September.[2]

Eupithecia lasciva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. lasciva
Binomial name
Eupithecia lasciva
Vojnits, 1980[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia fragmentaria Vojnits, 1984[2]
  • Eupithecia depressa Vojnits, 1984[2]
  • Eupithecia depressa disiuncta Vojnits, 1984[2]
  • Eupithecia benigna Vojnits, 1984[2]

Adults have somewhat narrowed, dark grey forewings with a small brown discal spot and an ochre or reddish-ochre patch below it, but which otherwise have mostly inconspicuous markings. Hindwings are off-white and darker near the inner margin and posterior corner.[2]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia lasciva Vojnits 1980". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Mironov, Vladimir; Galsworthy, Sir Anthony Charles (1 November 2013). The Eupithecia of China: A Revision. BRILL. pp. xvi, 429–434. ISBN 978-90-04-25453-4. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eupithecia lasciva". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2018.


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