Eupithecia dalhousiensis
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| Eupithecia dalhousiensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. dalhousiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupithecia dalhousiensis Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008[1] | |
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Eupithecia dalhousiensis is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in Afghanistan and the western Himalayas (northern Pakistan and northern India).[2]
The wingspan is about 24–29 mm for males and 30–37 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are pale brown to fawn.[3]
The larvae are thought to feed on the cones of Pinus species.
References
- ↑ Taxapad
- ↑ Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197-231. Full article: .
- ↑ Mironov, V.G. ,A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 1, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (1): 55-77.
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