Eupithecia serpentigena

Eupithecia serpentigena is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to China (Sichuan).[2]

Eupithecia serpentigena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. serpentigena
Binomial name
Eupithecia serpentigena
Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006[1]

The wingspan is about 21 millimetres (0.83 in). The forewings are pale grey, but darker at the apex and marginal area and the hindwings are clear white, marked with grey-brown shading in the area of the anal margin.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997โ€“2012). "Eupithecia Curtis 1825". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018.
  2. Mironov, V.G.; A.C. Galsworthy; D. Xue & K. Yazaki (2006). "New species of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, Part V." (PDF). Lepidoptera Science. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 57 (4): 335โ€“353. doi:10.18984/lepid.57.4_335.


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