Eupithecia gigantea

Eupithecia gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. gigantea
Binomial name
Eupithecia gigantea
Staudinger, 1897[1]
Synonyms
  • Cidaria karafutonis Matsumura, 1925

Eupithecia gigantea is a moth in the family Geometridae. 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.

References

  1. ↑ Taxapad
  2. ↑ Larentiinae (Geometridae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
  3. ↑ Taxonomic Review of the Genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) from Korea (II)
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