Eupithecia naumanni

Eupithecia naumanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species: E. naumanni
Binomial name
Eupithecia naumanni
Mironov & Ratzel, 2012[1]

Eupithecia naumanni is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in eastern Afghanistan.[2]

The wingspan is 20.5–25 mm. The fore- and hindwings are brownish grey.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of the German zoologist and lepidopterologist Prof. Dr. Clas Naumann, the former Director of the Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, Germany.

References

  1. Taxapad
  2. Mironov, V.G. & Ratzel, U., 2012: Eupithecia Curtis, 1825 of Afghanistan (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Nota lepidopterologica 35 (2): 197-231. Full article: .
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