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Eupithecia ancillata

Eupithecia ancillata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is known from central China (Shaanxi), Korea, and Japan.

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Eupithecia ancillata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. ancillata
Binomial name
Eupithecia ancillata
Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004123

Eupithecia ancillata is a moth in the family Geometridae.23 It is known from central China (Shaanxi), Korea,12 and Japan (Tsushima Island).4

The wingspan is about 15–19 mm.1

References

References

  1. Mironov, V.; Galsworthy, A. C. & Xue, D. (2004). "New species of Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China, part III". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 55 (3): 225–242. doi:10.18984/lepid.55.3_225. (Internat Archive)
  2. Savela, Markku. "Eupithecia Curtis, 1825". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  3. "Eupithecia ancillata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004". Geometric Moths of the World. Forum Herbulot. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  4. Yazaki, Katsumi (2010). "日本のシャクガ数種について" [Notes on some Japanese geometrid moths (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)] (PDF). Japan Heterocerists' Journal. 256: 135–138.