Eupithecia gigantea
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| Eupithecia gigantea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eupithecia |
| Species: | E. gigantea |
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| Eupithecia gigantea Staudinger, 1897[1] | |
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Eupithecia gigantea is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in the Russian Far East,[2] Japan and Korea.
The wingspan is about 27 mm. The ground colour of the wings is greyish.[3]
The larvae feed within the cones of Pinus strobus and Abies sachalinensis.
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